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Police seek witness to incident at Kambah Pool
Publish date: 10:40AM - 31 July 2017ACT Policing is seeking to locate a witness to a theft at Kambah Pool on Thursday, 6 July 2017. Police believe this theft is linked to multiple investigations within the ACT.
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Search uncovers items which may be connected to homicide investigation
Publish date: 08:11AM - 31 July 2017ACT Policing homicide detectives have located a number of items, which police believe may be connected to the murder of Eden Waugh.
MORE Homicide detectives to conduct search in Queanbeyan
Publish date: 02:00PM - 29 July 2017ACT Policing homicide detectives will be conducting a search in Queanbeyan for items that may be related to the ongoing Eden Waugh homicide investigation.
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Man and woman to face court
Publish date: 07:36AM - 29 July 2017Members of ACT Policing’s Targeting Team have arrested a man and a woman following ongoing investigations into a number of property crime offences.
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Homicide detectives arrest man for accessory to murder
Publish date: 08:43PM - 28 July 2017A 29-year-old Karabar man will face the ACT Magistrates Court charged with accessory to murder.
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Police warn of fraudulent cheques
Publish date: 11:55AM - 28 July 2017ACT Policing is investigating several reports of fraudulent bank cheques used in the private sale of vehicles this month (July).
MORE Face-fit released following Wanniassa aggravated robbery
Publish date: 12:56PM - 27 July 2017ACT Policing has released a face-fit image of one of two offenders involved in an aggravated robbery in Wanniassa on Sunday, 2 July 2017.
MORE Facefit images released of home invasion persons of interest
Publish date: 01:50PM - 26 July 2017ACT Policing has released composite ‘facefit’ images of two men seen in the area of an aggravated burglary at the Manhattan Apartments, Canberra City on 14 March 2017.
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Police seek to identify offenders and witnesses in Civic assault
Publish date: 09:12AM - 26 July 2017Police release CCTV footage to identify offenders and witnesses of assault at the Canberra Centre.
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Publish date: 08:43AM - 26 July 2017ACT Policing is seeking to identify those involved in an assault that took place in the Canberra Centre on Saturday, 10 June 2017.
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ACT Policing’s National Firearms Amnesty update
Publish date: 01:44PM - 25 July 2017ACT Policing via the National Firearms Amnesty has seen over 120 firearms handed in since the amnesty commenced on 1 July 2017.
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Man to face court on drug trafficking charge
Publish date: 08:36AM - 22 July 2017Members from Tuggeranong Police Station and Woden Police Station executed a search warrant at a residence in Narrabundah yesterday (21 July), as part of an ongoing illicit drugs investigation.
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Update: Missing woman found
Publish date: 05:45PM - 21 July 2017Shirley Cooper has been found safe and well this evening (21 July).
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Operation Vitreus leads to 29 ACT drug seizures
Publish date: 03:11PM - 21 July 2017ACT Policing as part of Operation Vitreus seized 29 mail consignments that contained drugs that were destined for ACT residents during the national operation.
MORE Man to face court for burglaries in Evatt and Florey
Publish date: 08:57AM - 21 July 2017Police have arrested a 26-year-old Ainslie man in relation to two Northside burglaries on Tuesday (18 July 2017).
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