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Public information leads to arrest of two men in Greenway
Publish date: 11:23AM - 17 April 2019Two men will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Wednesday, 17 April 2019) following a report from the public of suspicious behaviour in the vicinity of a licensed club in Greenway.
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Man to face attempted murder charge following stabbing in Mitchell
Publish date: 08:20AM - 17 April 2019A 25-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Wednesday, 17 April 2019) charged with attempted murder.
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Man charged with harassment offence
Publish date: 08:30AM - 13 April 2019A 26-year-old Kaleen man has been charged following his alleged provision of offensive material via online job applications.
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Search warrant yields gun and drugs
Publish date: 01:34PM - 12 April 2019A 29-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Friday, 12 April 2019), charged with unauthorised possession of a firearm, trafficking methylamphetamine, possession of suspected proceeds of crime and breach of bail.
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Police seek identity of driver involved in RBT near miss
Publish date: 12:26PM - 12 April 2019ACT Policing is seeking to identify an offender who was involved in an alleged fail to stop incident in Gowrie on Saturday, 6 April 2019.
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Police investigate shooting incident in Chisholm
Publish date: 12:06PM - 10 April 2019ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigators are investigating a shooting incident in Chisholm overnight.
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UPDATE Have you seen Jacqueline Hattingh and Benedict Keaney FOUND
Publish date: 06:20AM - 06 April 2019Great news, Canberra - Jacqueline and Benedict have been located safe and well.
MORE Police apprehend light rail graffiti offender
Publish date: 02:50PM - 05 April 2019A 26-year-old man from Ngunnawal will be summonsed to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court after a graffiti attack on a light rail vehicle in Mitchell.
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Witnesses sought to assault of child in Florey
Publish date: 12:19PM - 05 April 2019ACT Policing is investigating an alleged indecent assault on Sunday, 31 March 2019, involving a 9-year-old girl.
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UPDATED CCTV footage released to identify offender in pub assault
Publish date: 08:55AM - 05 April 2019ACT Policing has released CCTV footage in order to identify a man who allegedly assaulted another man at a pub on Saturday, 2 March 2019.
MORE Police compliance checks target unsafe firearm storage
Publish date: 02:09PM - 03 April 2019ACT Policing has launched a Targeted Rural Compliance operation aimed at ensuring legally-owned firearms are being stored correctly.
MORE Griffith man to face ACT Magistrates Court
Publish date: 10:19AM - 03 April 2019A 28-year-old Griffith, ACT man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today charged with several serious offences.
MORE Police seek witnesses and dashcam footage of Bonython collision
Publish date: 11:29AM - 02 April 2019ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and footage relating to a collision on Drakeford Drive near Hurtle Avenue, Bonython on Tuesday, 26 March 2019.
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Chinese community again targeted in scam
Publish date: 04:41PM - 01 April 2019ACT Policing is warning members of Canberra’s Chinese community of the reemergence of a scam that first occurred in 2018.
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New police car technology a boost for officers and the community
Publish date: 11:16AM - 01 April 2019ACT Policing today showed off the latest technology upgrades to its Traffic Operations fleet.
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