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In this section you will find the latest news on arrests, missing persons, seizures and crimes committed and solved in the ACT.
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Latest crime report statistics released
Publish date: 12:44PM - 16 August 2016ACT Policing has released its latest quarterly crime statistics for April to June 2016, showing crime reports across Canberra are down 2.8 per cent when comparing 2015-16 to last financial year.
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Police seek witnesses to road rage incident
Publish date: 12:47PM - 11 August 2016ACT Policing is seeking to identify a male offender involved in a road rage incident that occurred on Adelaide Avenue in Deakin and Wisdom Street in Hughes on Tuesday 9 August 2016.
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Offenders involved in graffiti spree identified
Publish date: 06:04PM - 10 August 2016Yesterday we sought the public’s assistance to identify the offenders involved in a graffiti spree in Isabella Plains on 6 August 2016.
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Police seek witnesses to graffiti spree
Publish date: 04:54PM - 09 August 2016Thanks to the Canberra community, the offenders involved in a graffiti spree across Isabella Plains have been identified and investigations are continuing.
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Witnesses sought to Mawson aggravated robbery
Publish date: 03:55PM - 09 August 2016ACT Policing are seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at the Mawson Club during the early hours of yesterday morning (Monday 8 August).
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Police investigate death at worksite
Publish date: 10:34PM - 04 August 2016ACT Policing is investigating the death of a man at a construction site in Belconnen tonight (Thursday 4 August).
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Publish date: 04:44PM - 04 August 2016ACT Policing is appealing for witnesses following three aggravated robberies in South Canberra this morning (Thursday, 4 August).
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Avoid the Fatal Five, Arrive Alive!
Publish date: 12:45PM - 03 August 2016ACT Policing’s Traffic Operations team will be focusing on the ‘Fatal Five’ for the month of August.
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Note to journalists - Media stand-up
Publish date: 08:17AM - 03 August 2016Media stand-up on ACT Policing's traffic focus for August - Fatal Five
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ACT Policing supports National Missing Persons Week
Publish date: 08:57AM - 31 July 2016ACT Policing is supporting National Missing Persons Week (31 July to 6 August), with this year’s campaign focusing on raising awareness of the impacts of missing persons within the community.
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Recidivist speeding driver arrested
Publish date: 08:42AM - 30 July 2016ACT Policing has arrested a 21-year-old Gilmore man this morning (Saturday, 30 July) for a warrant relating to multiple speeding offences.
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Publish date: 05:10PM - 29 July 2016ACT Policing is investigating the circumstances surrounding a suspicious fire in Kambah yesterday (Thursday, 28 July).
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Indecent assaults in Phillip
Publish date: 04:13PM - 28 July 2016ACT Policing has arrested a 44-year-old man following two alleged indecent assaults in Phillip this morning (Thursday, 28 July).
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Publish date: 12:09PM - 28 July 2016ACT Policing Criminal Investigations detectives are investigating shots fired into a Kambah residence around 9pm on Saturday, 16 July.
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Police seek witnesses to attempted arson in Fyshwick
Publish date: 01:13PM - 27 July 2016ACT Policing Criminal Investigation detectives are investigating an attempted arson of a business on Newcastle Street in Fyshwick on Thursday, 21 July.
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