Media releases

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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Teens arrested and stolen car recovered

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Officers attached to Operation Toric have arrested two teens and recovered a stolen vehicle hours after it was taken.
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Unlicenced drink driver caught on Commonwealth Ave

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This morning (Friday, 27 January 2023), ACT Policing City Patrol officers caught an unlicenced drink driver, in a vehicle with suspended registration on Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra.
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Police seeking witnesses to serious City assault

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to serious assault in the City early on Thursday morning that left two men in hospital.
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Pursuit across multiple suburbs sees 30-year-old man arrested

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A 30-year-old man has been arrested by ACT Policing after a multi-suburb pursuit ended in Ngunnawal.
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Police seeking witnesses to Drakeford Drive collision

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ACT Policng is calling for witnesses and dash-cam footage following a collision that occurred on Monday, 23 January 2023.
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ACT Policing recover stolen property after community tip off

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ACT Policing has recovered a significant amount of personal property stolen from rural Canberra locations and residences in the past year.  
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Man arrested after dangerous driving incident

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A 28-year-old Spence man on bail for similar offences, will face new charges in court today following his arrest after a dangerous driving incident on Saturday night.
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Police seeking dashcam footage to motorbike collision

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ACT Policing is seeking dash cam footage of a motorbike collision that occurred on Coulter Drive, Belconnen, about 4.40pm on Friday (20 January 2023).
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Four speeding motorcyclists caught by road policing

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On Saturday morning (21 January 2023) ACT Policing detected four motorcyclists travelling between 105km/h and 121km/h on Yarra Glen.
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Police seeking witnesses to Belconnen aggravated robbery

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Belconnen on Wednesday (18 January 2023). 
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Man arrested after indecently assaulting woman and physically assaulting police

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ACT Policing has arrested a 21-year-old man after he indecently assaulted a woman in her home, resisted arrest, bit a police officer and began urinating in a police vehicle.
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Operation TORIC investigating overnight property and vehicle crimes

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ACT Policing’s Operation TORIC is actively investigating six incidents early this morning (Friday, 20 January 2023) that police believe are connected.
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Drugs seized after warrant executed in Hall

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Acting on information received from multiple sources, ACT Policing Detectives assisted by RSCPA Inspectors, yesterday (Thursday, 19 January 2023) executed a search warrant on a premises in Hall.
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Police seeking witnesses to assaults in City and Gordon

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and information about two separate, but related, incidents where a man was the victim of an alleged coward punch in Canberra City, and a teenage girl received broken facial bones in Gordon early on the morning of Saturday, 10 December 2022.
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ACT Policing seize multiple firearms during search warrant execution

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Last night, (Wednesday, 18 January 2023) ACT Policing seized multiple firearms and stolen property from a residence in Holder.
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