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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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Enhanced equipment rolled out to police
Publish date: 12:29PM - 18 March 2019ACT Policing officers will be carrying upgraded conducted energy weapons (CEWs) linked to new body worn cameras (BWCs) from this week.
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Police seek witnesses to serious assault in Palmerston
Publish date: 11:31AM - 16 March 2019Police are seeking witnesses to a serious assault that occurred in Palmerston overnight.
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Fourth man charged with murder of Eden Waugh
Publish date: 08:17AM - 16 March 2019A 23-year-old New South Wales man has been extradited to the ACT to face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 16 March 2019) charged with the murder of 37-year-old Eden Waugh in 2016.
MORE Police seek to identify two people involved in alleged Civic assault
Publish date: 09:55AM - 15 March 2019ACT Policing is seeking to identify two people involved in an alleged assault that took place near Garema Place in the early hours of Sunday, 17 February 2019.
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Speeding drink driver four times the limit
Publish date: 04:09PM - 13 March 2019A 44-year-old man from Jerrabomberra, NSW has been charged with high-range drink-driving, after he was stopped by ACT Policing officers on Tuesday afternoon (12 March 2019).
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Man charged following Gungahlin death
Publish date: 08:39AM - 13 March 2019A 30-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Wednesday, 13 March 2019) charged with murder.
MORE Police investigate shooting in Richardson
Publish date: 12:30PM - 11 March 2019ACT Policing is investigating a shooting overnight (Monday, 11 March 2019) where one person suffered a gunshot wound.
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Police investigate a Gungahlin death
Publish date: 12:00PM - 11 March 2019ACT Policing is investigating the suspicious death of a 56-year-old man overnight (Monday 11 March 2019).
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UPDATE AMBER ALERT FOUND
Publish date: 10:15PM - 09 March 2019Great news Canberra! The four children have been located safe and well. Thank you to everyone for your assistance. A man is assisting police with their enquiries.
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UPDATE Have you seen Robert Bromfield FOUND
Publish date: 09:00PM - 08 March 2019Great news Canberra! Robert Bromfield has been found safe and well.
MORE Police release CCTV of attempted aggravated robbery in Mawson
Publish date: 10:25AM - 05 March 2019To further assist in its investigations, ACT Policing has released CCTV footage of a man who attempted to rob the Mawson Club on Saturday, 17 November 2018.
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Call for information regarding Theodore shooting
Publish date: 02:25PM - 04 March 2019ACT Policing is calling for witnesses and information regarding a shooting incident on Freda Gibson Circuit, Theodore just before 10pm on Saturday night (2 March 2019).
MORE Theodore shooting under investigation
Publish date: 10:44AM - 03 March 2019ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations are investigating a shooting incident that occurred in Theodore last night (Saturday, 2 March 2019).
MORE Police release CCTV footage to identify offender in nightclub assault
Publish date: 09:30AM - 02 March 2019ACT Policing has released CCTV footage in order to identify a man police believe assaulted another patron in a nightclub on Sunday, 17 February 2019.
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Second face fit released following Narrabundah ram raid
Publish date: 08:03AM - 02 March 2019ACT Policing has released a second face-fit of a man who police believe was involved in a ram-raid at the Spanish Australia Club in Narrabundah on Monday, 11 February 2019.
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