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Summernats scam
Publish date: 04:26PM - 09 January 2016ACT Policing is warning people attending Summernats Car Festival not to purchase stolen wristbands to gain entry.
MORE Man arrested for stolen motor vehicle
Publish date: 08:11AM - 09 January 2016ACT Policing arrested a 34-year-old Wanniassa man yesterday morning (Friday, 8 January) in relation to incidents of burglary, t
MORE Man charged over coward punch
Publish date: 08:23PM - 08 January 2016ACT Policing has charged a 20-year-old Braddon man following a 'coward punch' assault that occurred in Civic in the early hours
MORE Man assisting police with ‘coward punch’ enquiry
Publish date: 03:15PM - 08 January 2016A Braddon man aged in his 20s is now assisting police with their enquiries into a ‘coward punch’ assault that occurred in Civic
MORE Police investigate incident in Richardson
Publish date: 01:32PM - 08 January 2016ACT Policing is seeking witnesses after an incident in Richardson last night (Thursday 7 January).
MORE ACT leads way with zero holiday road toll
Publish date: 01:55PM - 06 January 2016ACT Policing shared a zero road toll with the Northern Territory for the Christmas-New Year holidays, but the national result f
MORE Young persons caught after property damage spree
Publish date: 11:53AM - 06 January 2016ACT Policing apprehended six young persons after a series of property damage incidents in Wanniassa last night (Tuesday 5 Janua
MORE Witnesses sought to pizza shop robbery
Publish date: 10:20AM - 06 January 2016ACT Policing are seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Florey last night (Tuesday 5 January 2016).
MORE Police seek witnesses to Nicholls burglary
Publish date: 02:34PM - 05 January 2016ACT Policing are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying three offenders involved in aggravated burglary in Nicholls dur
MORE Police investigate collision in Majura
Publish date: 10:35AM - 05 January 2016ACT Policing is investigating a collision involving a truck and police vehicle on Pialligo Avenue and Sutton Road this morning
MORE ACT Policing issue warning to slow down
Publish date: 04:19PM - 04 January 2016ACT Policing’s Officer in Charge of Traffic Operations, Station Sergeant Susan Ball has today spoken of the need for Canberra d
MORE Dangerous driver caught in Gilmore
Publish date: 04:20PM - 01 January 2016ACT Policing has apprehended an 18-year-old Banks man caught driving dangerously, unlicenced on an unregistered motorcycle in G
MORE Summernats comes early to Canberra
Publish date: 01:48PM - 01 January 2016ACT Policing’s busy operational schedule this holiday season will step up a gear as Summernats 28 comes to town on New Year’s D
MORE Witnesses sought to indecent assault at nightclub
Publish date: 11:16AM - 01 January 2016ACT Policing is calling for witnesses to an indecent assault that occurred at the Mooseheads nightclub in the City on Friday (J
MORE Busy New Year’s Eve for police in Canberra
Publish date: 10:32AM - 01 January 2016The majority of revellers celebrated New Year’s Eve in a responsible manner across Canberra, as police conducted patrols by veh
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