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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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Police seek assistance to locate missing man
Publish date: 04:40PM - 06 November 2015ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to help locate a missing man from Evatt.
MORE Cup revellers urged to plan ahead
Publish date: 09:08AM - 03 November 2015ACT Policing is reminding Canberrans celebrating Today’s Melbourne Cup to plan ahead and drink responsibly.
MORE Man to face court after failing to stop
Publish date: 01:30PM - 02 November 2015ACT Policing has arrested a 26-year-old Lyneham man after he failed to stop his vehicle when directed by police in Lyneham earl
MORE Police seize firearm from vehicle
Publish date: 10:29AM - 30 October 2015ACT Policing seized a firearm from a vehicle after responding to reports of a burglary in Kambah on Wednesday (28 October).
MORE Driver performs burnout; evades Police
Publish date: 02:33PM - 26 October 2015A 29-year-old Queanbeyan man will appear before the ACT Magistrate Court next month on multiple traffic charges after an incide
MORE Aggravated robbery; facefits released
Publish date: 11:35AM - 26 October 2015ACT Policing has released two facefit images following an aggravated robbery in Harrison on Tuesday 13 October.
MORE Witness sought to 'molotov cocktail' incident in Kambah
Publish date: 06:02PM - 23 October 2015ACT Policing is appealing for public assistance following an incident of property damage in Kambah this morning (Friday, Octobe
MORE Operation Phoenix dismantles drug dealers across the ACT
Publish date: 11:30AM - 22 October 2015ACT Policing officers working as part of Operation Phoennix have seized a quantity of methylamphetamine (ice), with an estimate
MORE AMC assault investigation continues
Publish date: 11:29AM - 20 October 2015ACT Policing is continuing its investigation into the assault of a detainee at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
MORE Joint operation seizes 10kg of ice
Publish date: 11:26AM - 18 October 2015A joint operation between ACT Policing, Australian Federal Police (AFP) Crime Operations and the Australian Border Force (ABF)
MORE Crime reports down across Canberra
Publish date: 08:46AM - 16 October 2015ACT Policing’s latest quarterly crime statistics show a 2.3 per cent decline in crime reports in Canberra when compared to the
MORE Witnesses sought to aggravated robber in Curtin
Publish date: 11:18AM - 12 October 2015ACT Policing Criminal Investigation detectives are investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred at the Coles Supermarket i
MORE CCTV released McKellar aggravated robbery
Publish date: 11:05AM - 09 October 2015ACT Policing is renewing its appeal for witnesses to the aggravated robbery of the Belconnen Soccer Club in McKellar on Saturda
MORE Teenagers apprehended for aggravated burglary
Publish date: 11:21AM - 08 October 2015ACT Policing apprehended six teenagers who caused extensive damage to two buildings in Reid and Ainslie last night (Wednesday,
MORE Police target anti-social driving in October
Publish date: 11:42AM - 07 October 2015ACT Policing is targeting anti-social driving during October and urges the public to report incidents of burnouts, street racin
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