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Double demerits in place for ANZAC Day long weekend
Publish date: 03:05PM - 21 April 2016ACT Policing is urging motorists to drive safely over the ANZAC Day long weekend and warns that double demerit points will be i
MORE Man to face court following a string of burglaries
Publish date: 08:56AM - 21 April 2016A 26-year-old man will appear before court this morning (Thursday, 21 April) charged with 9 offences relating to burglary, prop
MORE UPDATE: Missing man has been located
Publish date: 05:00PM - 19 April 2016Missing 44-year old man John Matic has been located safe and well.
MORE Man to face court following drink spiking incident
Publish date: 08:44AM - 19 April 2016A 45-year-old NSW man will appear before the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday, April 19) charged with a drink spiking related offence
MORE Police seek assistance to locate missing man
Publish date: 02:30PM - 18 April 2016ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing 42-year-old man, Mark Thompson.
MORE Police investigate aggravated robbery in Lyneham
Publish date: 10:36AM - 16 April 2016ACT Policing is investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred in North Lyneham on Thursday (April 14).
MORE Police investigate 'dog baiting' incident
Publish date: 12:58PM - 14 April 2016Police are investigating a 'dog baiting’ incident in Higgins yesterday (13 April).
MORE UPDATE: Missing man located safe and well
Publish date: 02:33PM - 13 April 2016Missing 47-year old man Sean Hulm has been located safe and well.
MORE Police locate escaped detainee
Publish date: 09:58AM - 13 April 2016Police have located 26-year-old man Ned Barker who fled ACT Corrective Services’ custody while at The Canberra Hospital on Tuesday 12 April.
MORE Police seek assistance to locate missing man
Publish date: 08:58AM - 13 April 2016ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing 47-year-old man, Sean Hulm.
MORE Police search for escaped detainee
Publish date: 07:10PM - 12 April 2016ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to locate 26-year-old man Ned Barker who fled ACT Corrective Services’ custody while at The Canberra Hospital today (April 12).
MORE Firearms and ammunition seized in South Canberra
Publish date: 11:30AM - 12 April 2016ACT Policing has seized a number of firearms and ammunition following a search of a residence in South Canberra on Sunday (10 April)
MORE Witnesses sought to assault and dangerous driving incident in Mitchell
Publish date: 12:09PM - 11 April 2016ACT Policing is calling for witnesses to an assault that occurred at the intersection of Gungahlin Drive and Sandford Street in Mitchell on Saturday (9 April).
MORE Further charges laid in relation to 2015 Gowrie shooting
Publish date: 08:55AM - 11 April 2016A 23-year-old Holder man and a 31-year-old Chisholm man have been charged in relation to a shooting incident that occurred in Gowrie last year (2 February 2015)
MORE Police investigate shooting in Kambah
Publish date: 08:00PM - 08 April 2016ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations is investigating a shooting incident in Kambah last night (Thursday, 7 April).
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