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Swimmer located deceased at Gibraltar Falls
Publish date: 04:36PM - 12 February 2023About 11.15am this morning (Sunday, 12 February 2023), ACT Policing and emergency services responded to reports of a 19-year-old man falling off a cliff at Gibraltar Falls.
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108-year-old firearm surrendered to police
Publish date: 08:57AM - 11 February 2023A World War I era pistol was surrendered to police members at Woden Police Station earlier this week.
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Man faces court on assault charges after community information
Publish date: 07:55AM - 11 February 2023A 29-year-old Belconnen man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 11 February 2023) charged with multiple counts of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm and Affray following an incident last month.
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25 new recruits join ACT Policing
Publish date: 05:50PM - 10 February 2023ACT Policing will now have 25 new constables patrolling Canberra’s streets after graduating today at a ceremony at Government House.
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Stolen property recovered following search warrant in Evatt
Publish date: 11:14AM - 10 February 2023Stolen property has been recovered and a 20-year-old Evatt woman has been charged following search warrant activity yesterday (Thursday, 09 February 2023).
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Cars, cash and drugs seized
Publish date: 09:10AM - 10 February 2023About 4.00pm yesterday, (Thursday, 9 February 2023), police executed a search warrant at a residence in Holt, and arrested a 24-year-old man following a traffic stop on the Federal Highway.
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Operation TORIC records 200th apprehension
Publish date: 10:13AM - 08 February 2023A 30-year-old man became the 200th apprehension by ACT Policing’s Operation TORIC yesterday (Tuesday, 7 February 2023) when he was arrested for driving while disqualified.
MORE UPDATE Police release CCTV footage to identify light rail assault offender LOCATED
Publish date: 07:53AM - 08 February 2023UPDATE: The man we posted about earlier today has come forward to police and is assisting with enquiries.
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Witnesses sought to Orient Kitchen stabbing
Publish date: 08:15AM - 07 February 2023ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a stabbing incident at the Orient Kitchen restaurant in Weston in December last year.
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ACT Policing investigate aggravated robbery in Reid
Publish date: 01:04PM - 06 February 2023ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery on Coranderrk Street, Reid (next to Glebe Park) that occurred about 5.50pm yesterday (Sunday, 5 February 2023).
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Woman arrested for sexually assaulting her 2-year-old granddaughter
Publish date: 08:57AM - 06 February 2023ACT Policing has arrested a 50-year-old woman after she allegedly repeatedly sexually abused her 2-year-old granddaughter and posted it to TikTok.
MORE Operation TORIC arrest eight teens
Publish date: 10:26AM - 03 February 2023In the past 24 hours officers from ACT Policing’s Operation TORIC arrested eight young people – the youngest a 13-year-old boy.
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Man charged with murder following September incident
Publish date: 08:34AM - 03 February 2023A 37-year-old Reid man has been charged with one count of murder following the death of his partner during an incident in September 2022.
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UPDATE Identities of five burglars sought
Publish date: 02:53PM - 02 February 2023UDPATE: Three of the five offenders have been identified by ACT Policing.Officers are still seeking the identities of the other two offenders. Investigations are ongoing.
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Burglaries remain a focus for police
Publish date: 10:58AM - 02 February 2023ACT Policing continue to investigate a series of commercial and residential burglaries across the Canberra region in recent weeks.
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