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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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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
MORE Man to face court for assault following citizens arrest
Publish date: 10:32AM - 05 October 2015A 20-year-old Lyons man will face court following an assault in Phillip yesterday afternoon (Sunday 4 October).
MORE Weapons seized in Red Hill
Publish date: 09:00AM - 04 October 2015ACT Policing has seized weapons following a search warrant in Red Hill on Friday (2 October).
MORE Police respond to suspicious package
Publish date: 04:00PM - 03 October 2015ACT Policing responded to a suspicious package found in Garema place today (Saturday, 3 October).
MORE Witnesses sought to hit and run in Monash
Publish date: 09:00AM - 03 October 2015ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian near the intersection of Barraclough Cresce
MORE Double demerits this Labour Day long weekend
Publish date: 10:02AM - 02 October 2015ACT Policing is reminding motorists that double demerit points will be in effect this long weekend (Friday 2 to Monday 5 Octobe
MORE Police operations at two City hotels
Publish date: 04:00PM - 30 September 2015ACT Policing is responding to two reports of unsubstantiated ransom requests directed to the Novotel and Pavilion hotels today
MORE Off duty police member apprehends armed robber
Publish date: 08:07AM - 28 September 2015An off duty police member has apprehended a 39-year-old Kambah woman following an armed robbery at the BSW Liquor Store at Wool
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