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Attempted robbery: Calwell
Publish date: 08:22AM - 23 September 2016ACT Policing arrested a 20-year-old woman following an attempted aggravated robbery at Caltex Service Station in Calwell this morning (Friday, 23 September).
MORE Disqualified driver caught drink driving with his unrestrained child in the vehicle
Publish date: 07:40AM - 23 September 2016ACT Policing arrested a 29-year-old Downer man for drink driving in Dickson yesterday (Wednesday, 28 September).
About 3.00pm, police received multiple calls in relation to an intoxicated male attempting to drive his vehicle near the Dickson Shopping Centre, while his child was unrestrained in the front passenger seat.
MORE Operation Sparren: Police investigate violent sexual assaults
Publish date: 01:26PM - 22 September 2016ACT Policing’s Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team (SACAT) is currently conducting extensive investigations into a number of reports of violent sexual assaults against female sex workers within the ACT.
MORE Note to journalists - Media stand-up
Publish date: 10:20AM - 22 September 2016Operation Sparren: Police investigate violent sexual assaults
MORE OMCG member to face Court following seizure of drugs, firearms, ammunition and explosives
Publish date: 08:20AM - 22 September 2016A 24-year-old Theodore man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (22 September) in relation to drugs, firearms, ammunition and explosives seized during the execution of a search warrant in Kambah.
MORE UPDATE: Suspicious package no threat to public safety
Publish date: 07:30PM - 19 September 2016In regards to the suspicious package found in Belconnen Mall today, ACT Policing can confirm that there is no threat to public safety.
MORE Suspicious package Belconnen Mall
Publish date: 06:18PM - 19 September 2016ACT Policing is investigating a suspicious package located inside the Belconnen Mall today, Monday 19 September 2016.
MORE Woman to face Court for driving offences
Publish date: 02:31PM - 19 September 2016A 29-year-old Greenway woman will be summonsed to face the ACT Magistrates Court after failing a roadside breath test on Saturday (17 September).
MORE Drink driver causes power disruption in Harrison
Publish date: 01:24PM - 19 September 2016A 21-year-old New South Wales man will be summonsed to face the ACT Magistrates Court following a single vehicle collision on Sunday (18 September).
MORE Man arrested for threats to kill
Publish date: 09:09AM - 19 September 2016ACT Policing arrested a 37-year-old Gowrie man on Sunday (18 September) after he evaded arrest and made a threat to kill a police officer.
MORE Wall to Wall ride remembers fallen officers
Publish date: 01:06PM - 16 September 2016More than 2,000 motorcycle riders will descend on Canberra tomorrow (Saturday, September 17) as part of the national Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance.
MORE Escaped detainee arrested
Publish date: 12:55PM - 10 September 2016ACT Policing has apprehended 21-year-old Jacob MacDonald in Narrabundah this morning (Saturday, 10 September).
MORE Drugs and child exploitation material seized
Publish date: 08:20AM - 10 September 2016ACT Policing has arrested a 40-year-old man following a search warrant in Mitchell on Friday 9 September.
MORE Missing person found safe and well
Publish date: 08:14AM - 10 September 2016Missing man Mitchell Crosskey has been located safe and well in Deakin after being reported missing on Friday 9 September.
MORE Police search for escaped detainee
Publish date: 05:40PM - 09 September 2016ACT Policing is continuing its search for 21-year-old escaped detainee Jacob MacDonald. Mr MacDonald escaped The Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) on Friday 2 September 2016.
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