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Joint road safety operation removes dangerous drivers from ACT roads
Publish date: 04:19PM - 04 August 2017ACT Policing, in partnership with Access Canberra, have conducted a two day road safety operation across the ACT, to detect impaired and unsafe drivers and remove them from Canberra roads.
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Second man arrested after stolen car recovered
Publish date: 08:52AM - 04 August 2017A 23-year-old Griffith man has been arrested by police after being involved in an aggravated robbery in Yarralumla yesterday morning (Thursday, 3 August).
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Man arrested after stolen car recovered in Manuka
Publish date: 03:32PM - 03 August 2017A 33-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court after an aggravated robbery occurred in Yarralumla this morning (Thursday, 3 August).
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Police urge road users to take care around intersections
Publish date: 11:37AM - 03 August 2017With half of all collisions in Canberra occurring at intersections, this month ACT Policing is targeting people breaking road rules around intersections as part of its joint multi-agency road safety strategy.
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Journalist Advisory – media stand up
Publish date: 02:52PM - 02 August 2017With half of all collisions in Canberra occurring at intersections, ACT Policing is targeting people breaking road rules around intersections as part of its joint multi-agency road safety strategy.
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Police investigate fatal collision in Campbell
Publish date: 03:31AM - 02 August 2017ACT Policing is investigating a single vehicle collision which occurred in Campbell yesterday (Tuesday, 1 August), in which a person has died.
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Police investigate suspicious fire in Wanniassa
Publish date: 12:30PM - 01 August 2017ACT Policing is investigating a suspicious fire that occurred in Wanniassa last night (Monday, 31 July 2017).
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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.
MORE 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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