Belconnen, ACT, July 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Two men have been charged after making multiple non-emergency Triple Zero calls in two separate incidents on Sunday. Between about 5:45am and 6:30am yesterday (Sunday 27 July 2025), a 79-year-old Narrabundah man made nine calls to the Triple Zero police emergency line. The man did not request police assistance and allegedly was verbally aggressive during the calls, swearing at the operators. About 8am, police attende...
Belconnen, ACT, July 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police arrested a 34-year-old man from Macquarie yesterday following the discovery of firearms, weapons and drugs in a vehicle in Casey. At about 3:15am on Sunday (27 July 2025), police patrolling in Casey observed a spray-painted black Mitsubishi Lancer at a service station. Checks revealed the driver of the vehicle had a suspended licence. He was arrested and when police searched the vehicle, officers located two fi...
Belconnen, ACT, July 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 44-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man, both from NSW, have been charged after allegedly using fake barcodes at a retail store. At about 10am on Saturday (26 July 2025), police allege the woman entered a store in Gungahlin and stuck printed barcode stickers on a number of items. The barcodes scan items at lower prices than were marked by the store. The woman then allegedly scanned the items at the incorrect price, ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Arrest footage and imagesare available via Hightail A French national has been charged with allegedly trying to import 22kg of methamphetamine into Australia, hidden in his luggage. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers stopped the man, 20, for a routine examination after he arrived at Sydney Air...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and audio grabs available via Hightail A Sydney man has been charged with allegedly dealing with $3.5 million in proceeds of crime after a corporate email was fraudulently used to deceive the Northern Territory Government. The Lurnea man, 38, appeared before Liverpool Local Court on Thursday (24 July, 2025). He was granted conditional bail and is scheduled to appear before Campbellto...
Belconnen, ACT, July 27 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing has charged a 29 year-old man from Rivett with 11 offences after an attempted burglary and impersonating police. At about 8:20am on Saturday 26 July police received a report of a man attempting to gain access to a residence in Rivett. Police allege the man told the occupier of the residence he was a Detective and when the resident asked the man to produce identification he failed to do so. It is then alle...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 27 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: DAVID SPEERS, HOST: Thanks so much for being with us. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, David. SPEERS: Can I get your reaction, first up, to Israel's decision, the announcement in the last few hours that it will be allowing more aid through airdrops and convoys back into Gaza. Is it enough? PRIME MINISTER: Well, this is a start, but we need to make sure that people who are innocent, in...
Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 26-year-oldman is due to face court today (Saturday 26 July) charged with sexual assault. On Tuesday 22 July a woman reported to police that she had been sexually assaulted by her flat mate on Friday 18 July 2025. Following an investigation, police conducted a search warrant at the man's residence yesterday (Friday 25 July) and arrested the man. He has been charged with sexual intercourse without consent, common as...
Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police have arrested and charged two men overnight for drink driving and other road related offences. At about 12am Saturday 26 July, police were driving along Drakeford Drive in Kambah when they observed a blue coloured Mitsubishi Lancer allegedly speeding at 128km/hr in an 80km/hr speed zone. Police stopped the vehicle and conducted a roadside breath test on the driver which returned a positive result. He was transp...
Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 37-year-old man has been charged with fraud and weapon possession offences after allegedly using counterfeit currency at businesses in Canberra. Police allege the man used counterfeit Australian banknotes to purchase food at fast food outlets in Phillip and Griffith. The incidents were reported to police, and about 7:30am yesterday, officers executed a search warrant at the man's Narrabundah home. Police seized cou...