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Teen brings firearm on public bus
Publish date: 09:34AM - 29 September 2022A young person involved in a recent firearms incident has been arrested by ACT Policing for openly carrying an alleged firearm on a public bus and a shopping centre.
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Echidna not, Rural Patrol faces a prickly situation
Publish date: 09:35AM - 27 September 2022When police came across a group of Canberrans interfering with a storm water drain along busy Isabella Drive, little did they know the prickly situation that awaited them.
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Police seeking witnesses to street racing
Publish date: 03:27PM - 26 September 2022ACT Policing is seeking public assistance following alleged street racing and a collision involving cars believed to be a blue Holden hatchback and a silver Nissan Pulsar on the Majura Parkway on Sunday, 25 September 2022.
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ACT records 12th road fatality
Publish date: 11:04AM - 26 September 2022The ACT has recorded its 12th road fatality following a collision between a vehicle and electric scooter yesterday (Sunday, 25 September 2022).
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Teen arrested after gel blaster incident
Publish date: 10:05AM - 26 September 2022A 14-year-old teen has been arrested after allegedly pointing a firearm at a security staff member at Gungahlin Village.
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Three teens arrested after Kippax aggravated robbery
Publish date: 10:29AM - 25 September 2022ACT Policing arrested three boys, two aged 14 and one aged 13, on Saturday (24 September 2022) less than an hour after they allegedly committed an aggravated robbery in Holt.
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More Operation TORIC arrests after car stolen
Publish date: 09:04AM - 25 September 2022A 20-year-old woman, a 17-year-old girl and a boy under the age of 18 were arrested yesterday (Saturday, 24 September 2022) by ACT Policing Operation TORIC officers after a car was stolen from Bonner earlier that afternoon.
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Police seek witnesses to Symonston collision
Publish date: 07:10AM - 25 September 2022ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dashcam footage following a collision in Symonston earlier this week.
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Man facing court on forcible confinement and sexual assault charges
Publish date: 10:55AM - 24 September 2022A 32-year-old Queanbeyan man faced the ACT Magistrates Court yesterday, charged with one count of aiding and abetting the forcible confinement of a Kambah woman in 2011.
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Police make arrests for property and driving offences
Publish date: 10:09AM - 24 September 2022ACT Policing made two arrests yesterday (Friday, 23 September 2022) in relation to driving and property offences.
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Publish date: 09:57AM - 24 September 2022ACT Policing’s Operation TORIC has made two more arrests, with a 32-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman to face court today (Saturday, 24 September 2022).
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Publish date: 09:55AM - 22 September 2022ACT Policing officers working within Operation TORIC arrested five recidivist offenders yesterday (21 September 2022) taking the total apprehensions so far from the 7-week operation to 49.
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Police conduct early morning speeding blitz
Publish date: 10:44AM - 21 September 2022ACT Road Policing conducted early-morning speed enforcement activities yesterday (Tuesday, 20 September 2022) which saw three Canberrans driving at significantly more than the speed limit.
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Melba man to face court on drug and weapons charges
Publish date: 09:42AM - 21 September 2022A 33-year-old Melba man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Wednesday, 21 September 2022) charged with drugs and weapons offences.
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Burnout in front of marked police car lands Chisholm man in court
Publish date: 01:09PM - 19 September 2022A 31-year-old Chisholm man will be summonsed to face court after performing a burnout directly in front of a marked police vehicle in Gilmore last week.
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