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Police seek witnesses to aggravated robbery in Glebe Park
Publish date: 11:59AM - 04 May 2018ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Glebe Park, City.
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Man to face court for bribery
Publish date: 09:00AM - 03 May 2018A 38-year-old ACT Government employee will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Thursday, 3 May 2018) following an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption.
MORE Police seek offender and witnesses to Erindale robbery
Publish date: 01:58PM - 02 May 2018ACT Policing is seeking to identify a man who committed a robbery at an Erindale bottle shop about 5.40pm on Friday, 27 April 2018.
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Man to face court after extradition from NSW
Publish date: 10:00AM - 02 May 2018A 29-year-old man was extradited from Goulburn, New South Wales to the ACT yesterday (Tuesday, 1 May 2018) and will face the ACT Magistrates Court today.
MORE Police seek witnesses to suspicious vehicle
Publish date: 09:56AM - 01 May 2018ACT Policing is seeking witnesses who saw a silver Holden Commodore SV6 bearing NSW registration CK12GH.
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Police seek offender and witnesses to violent assault
Publish date: 12:12PM - 30 April 2018ACT Policing is seeking to identify a man who committed a violent assault in Fyshwick about 12.25am on Saturday, 3 March 2018.
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Two ACT Policing Officers found guilty of Common Assault
Publish date: 12:44PM - 27 April 2018ACT Policing can confirm that an investigation by Professional Standards resulted in criminal charges being laid and two ACT Policing Officers faced the ACT Magistrates Court charged with “Joint commission Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (AOABH) contrary to section 24 of the ACT Crimes Act 1900 by virtue of section 45 ACT Criminal Code 1995”.
MORE Woman to face court for high range drink driving
Publish date: 08:18AM - 27 April 2018A 42-year-old woman will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (27 April 2018), following a collision in a carpark in Tuggeranong on Friday, 13 April 2018.
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Cannabis seized following multiple search warrants
Publish date: 09:58AM - 26 April 2018ACT Policing has seized trafficable amounts of cannabis following Drugs of Dependence Act search warrants in Chisholm, Monash and Duffy last week.
MORE Man and woman to face court for stolen motor vehicle and other offences
Publish date: 09:27AM - 26 April 2018A 23-year-old man and a 24-year old woman will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Thursday, 26 April 2018) in relation to stolen motor vehicle and other offences.
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Cyclist fourth fatality on ACT roads in 2018
Publish date: 08:23AM - 25 April 2018On Saturday, 7 April 2018 police responded to a traffic incident involving a cyclist and vehicle.
MORE Operation Tribulation: Six arrested following search warrants across Canberra
Publish date: 02:14PM - 23 April 2018Over the weekend (Saturday, 21 April 2018 and Sunday 22 April 2018), as part of Operation Tribulation, members of ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations team, with the assistance of the AFP Specialist Response Group and the AFP Canine Team conducted 15 search warrants across Canberra.
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Media Advisory: note to journalists
Publish date: 08:20AM - 23 April 2018Operation Tribulation is an ACT Policing investigation into the importation and trafficking of drugs in the ACT.
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Two men will face court following separate family violence incidents this weekend
Publish date: 12:17PM - 22 April 2018Two men will face the ACT Magistrates Court on Monday, 23 April 2018, following separate incidents of family violence this weekend.
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UPDATE: Can you help find Paul? - Found
Publish date: 08:42AM - 21 April 2018UPDATE: Missing 50-year-old man Paul Oliver has been found safe and well.
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