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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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Public assistance leads to arrest
Publish date: 08:25AM - 20 March 2015ACT Policing has arrested and charged a 17-year-old male youth for aggravated robbery following information provided from the p
MORE Scammers targeting the ACT community
Publish date: 02:35PM - 19 March 2015ACT Policing and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) are alerting the community of a scam involving atte
MORE February southside shootings; facefit released
Publish date: 01:30PM - 19 March 2015ACT Policing has released a facefit image of a person of interest in the investigation of two shooting incidents last month in
MORE Man faces court on murder charge
Publish date: 08:43AM - 19 March 2015A 34-year-old Gordon man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Thursday, March 19) charged with murder.
MORE Police seeking witnesses to Charnwood ram-raid
Publish date: 11:10AM - 18 March 2015ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an attempted aggravated burglary and property damage in
MORE Homicide investigation in Gordon
Publish date: 08:55AM - 17 March 2015ACT Policing is treating the death of a woman in Gordon this morning (Tuesday, March 17) as a homicide.
MORE Witnesses sought to aggravated robbery
Publish date: 08:10AM - 15 March 2015ACT Policing is appealing for witnesses to an aggravated robbery that occurred in Weston last night (Saturday, March 14).
MORE Police praise Skyfire 2015 crowd
Publish date: 08:00AM - 15 March 2015While crowd numbers were considered down from past years, ACT Policing has praised the behaviour of the large crowd which atten
MORE Police respond to three firearm incidents overnight
Publish date: 11:48AM - 13 March 2015ACT Policing is responding to reports of the discharge of firearms in three incidents from overnight (Thursday 12 March).
MORE Police gear up for Skyfire 2015
Publish date: 11:32AM - 13 March 2015ACT Policing is again preparing for the lights spectacular called Skyfire over the waters of Lake Burley Griffin this weekend (
MORE Warrants linked to drug trafficking
Publish date: 08:35AM - 13 March 2015ACT Policing has arrested a 42-year-old Dunlop man in relation to drug trafficking in the ACT yesterday (Thursday 12 March).
MORE Man in custody after Wanniassa homicide
Publish date: 04:37PM - 11 March 2015UPDATE: ACT Policing has charged the 45-year-old Symonston with murder and he will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Thursd
MORE Police investigating suspicious death in Wanniassa
Publish date: 10:38PM - 10 March 2015ACT Policing is investigating a suspicious death of a man in Wanniassa this evening (Tuesday, March 10).
MORE Safe Summer campaign has positive results
Publish date: 02:00PM - 10 March 2015ACT Policing’s Safe Summer campaign continues to have a positive impact on Canberrans with a further reduction in the number of
MORE Witnesses sought to vehicle fires in Watson
Publish date: 12:30PM - 10 March 2015ACT Policing is investigating two vehicle fires in Watson from Thursday 5 March.
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