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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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Face-fit released following Glebe Park robbery
Publish date: 10:10AM - 29 March 2018ACT Policing has released a face-fit of a male believed to be the alleged offender in a robbery in Glebe Park on Saturday, 17 March 2018.
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Police urge – drive safe to arrive safe this Easter long weekend
Publish date: 01:10PM - 28 March 2018ACT Policing is urging motorists to drive safely this Easter long weekend, with double demerits in place from the first instance on Thursday, 29 March until the last instance on Monday, 2 April.
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Scammers pretending to be AFP Officers
Publish date: 10:10AM - 28 March 2018ACT Policing is urging the community to be vigilant against telephone scammers following reports of phone scammers targeting Canberra residents recently.
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Witnesses sought to City assault
Publish date: 11:42AM - 27 March 2018ACT Policing is seeking the public’s help in identifying the alleged offender in an assault at 88mph bar in the City on Saturday, 17 March 2018.
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Media Advisory: note to journalists - Police urge – drive safe to arrive safe this Easter long weekend
Publish date: 10:15AM - 27 March 2018Media Advisory: note to journalists
ACT Policing is urging motorists to drive safely this Easter long weekend, with double demerits in place from the first instance on Thursday, 29 March until the last instance on Monday, 2 April.
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Six-time high-range drink-driver charged
Publish date: 09:01AM - 26 March 2018A 42-year-old Harrison man has been charged with high-range drink-driving for the sixth time, after he was pulled over by officers early Sunday morning (25 March 2018).
MORE Police seek witnesses to aggravated robbery in Oaks Estate
Publish date: 09:33AM - 25 March 2018ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery last Friday (23 March 2018).
MORE Police seek witnesses to aggravated robbery in Emu Bank
Publish date: 08:56AM - 24 March 2018ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Emu Bank yesterday (Friday, 23 March 2018).
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Man charged with drink driving following a crash in Lyneham
Publish date: 03:33PM - 23 March 2018ACT Policing has charged a 42-year-old man following a drink driving incident in Lyneham earlier this morning (Friday, 23 March 2018).
MORE Witnesses sought to attempted robbery in Glebe Park
Publish date: 10:40AM - 23 March 2018ACT Policing is appealing for information to help identify two men who attempted to rob a woman in Glebe Park on Monday 12 March, 2018.
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Media Advisory: note to journalists
Publish date: 11:29AM - 22 March 2018Media Advisory: note to journalists: ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations Taskforce Nemesis participated in a National Day of Action targeting Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCGs) yesterday (Wednesday 21 March 2018).
MORE Police investigate overnight shooting incident in Harrison
Publish date: 10:09AM - 22 March 2018ACT Policing is investigating a shooting at a residence in Harrison that occurred last night (Wednesday, 21 March 2018).
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Man to face court for burglary and associated offences
Publish date: 09:21AM - 22 March 2018An 18-year-old man from Coombs will face the ACT Magistrates court today (Thursday 22 March 2018).
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Taskforce Nemesis target OMCGs in National Day of Action
Publish date: 07:01PM - 21 March 2018ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations Taskforce Nemesis participated in a National Day of Action targeting Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCGs), on Wednesday, 21 March 2018.
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Witnesses sought to North Lyneham Mini Mart robbery
Publish date: 12:15PM - 21 March 2018ACT Policing is seeking assistance from the public to identify a man involved in an aggravated robbery of the North Lyneham Mini Mart on Saturday, 17 March 2018.
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