ACT Policing has seized a double barrel shotgun and a handgun following the execution of a search warrant yesterday morning (Wednesday, May 8).
Members from ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations executed two search warrants on homes in Casey and Chisholm.
Police seized the firearms along with ammunition, a laser pointer and drugs suspected to be steroids from a [...]

A 32-year-old Wanniassa man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today charged with burglary and theft.
The 32-year-old was arrested yesterday (Wednesday, May 1) by police in Dickson following an investigation into his criminal activities.
Following his arrest members from ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations Crime Targeting Team executed four search warrants on a number of homes.
Police seized [...]

Police have dismantled a number of drug supply chains in the state’s south, following the arrests of 14 people earlier today (Tuesday 30 April 2013).
The arrests were made by officers attached to Strike Force Delicate, which was formed by Monaro Local Area Command in August 2012 to investigate the supply of illicit drugs in Queanbeyan [...]

Police seized 16 plants and 600 grams of packaged cannabis after raiding a house in Wanniassa yesterday. Also found were a shot gun, a replica gun, and ‘drug paraphernalia’ which I will assume was a gun shaped bong.
Cannabis, weapons seized in Wanniassa search warrant

Justice Burns has shared this thoughts on the sentencing of one AC which contains this surprising passage:
Some time on 8 March 3012, a silver Subaru Impreza was taken without its owner’s authority from an address in Ainslie. At about 6 pm that day you were a passenger in that vehicle when it was [...]

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery that occurred in Mawson earlier today (Sunday, February 24).
Around 11.45am a man armed with what appeared to be a bolt-action rifle entered the Swinger Hill supermarket and made threats to a staff member, demanding cash.
The staff member complied with the man’s demands, and he fled the [...]

ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations (CI) team has today (Wednesday, February 20) seized a shotgun which had been secreted within the roof cavity of a residence in Deakin.
CI detectives investigating the unlawful discharge of a firearm in Griffith earlier today executed a search warrant on the Deakin house around 2.30pm. During the search they located the [...]

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an incident in McKellar today (Wednesday, February 20) in which a man suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
Around 11.31am police were called to the residential address after reports of a firearm being discharged. They arrived to find an injured 39-year-old man outside the home in Tipping Place, McKellar.
The [...]

ACT Policing is calling for witnesses to an incident where a shot was fired into a unit in Griffith early this morning (Wednesday, February 20).
Around 2am an unknown person has fired a round from a firearm through the window of a unit at Stuart Flats.
The round went through the window and into the wall on [...]

ACT Policing members overnight arrested a 25-year-old Bonner man in relation to firearm and drug offences.
Detectives investigating an incident in Kambah last month where a shotgun was allegedly discharged at a stationary motor vehicle, executed a search warrant at an address in Bonner yesterday morning (Thursday, January 17), seizing a shotgun and ammunition, drugs and [...]

ACT Policing officers seized two firearms from a house in Bonython after a disturbance on Sunday (January 13).
Around 2.15am members from Tuggeranong general duties responded to a report of a disturbance at a house in Hocking Place, Bonython.
At the location, officers found two teenagers, aged 17 and 18 cable-tied and suffering from injuries after being [...]

ACT Policing arrested three men aged in their 20s in Belconnen last night (Thursday, November 22) after a confrontation in which one man armed himself with a pair of scissors, forcing officers to draw a firearm and a Taser.
Members from Belconnen General Duties and the Specialist Response Group (SRG) responded to the address after a [...]

ACT Policing has seized a number of firearms and cannabis plants after a warrant was executed in Rivett early this morning (August 24).
Around 5am, ACT Policing officers from Judicial Operations and the Firearms Registry executed the warrant at the Rivett house.
During the search of the house, police located a hand grenade, fireworks and a number [...]

ACT Policing executed a warrant in Evatt last night (Saturday, June 30) following warrants executed by NSW Police where they located items including firearms and drugs.
The investigation commenced several months ago and looked into the supply of methylamphetamine within the ACT. The initial investigation was a joint working partnership with NSW Police Middle Eastern Organised [...]

ACT Policing has uncovered a quantity of drugs, cash and prohibited weapons following two separate search warrants early this morning (June 22), one on a house in Wanniassa and another on an apartment in Reid.
Around 5am, members of ACT Policing Specialist Response and Security and Criminal Investigations executed the warrant on the house.
During the [...]

ACT Policing has recovered two licensed firearms stolen in a burglary in Hackett yesterday (Sunday, May 13).
About 12.30pm a police member saw two teenage boys walking on Cowper Street, towards the Dickson shops, carrying green firearm bags.
Police approached the boys and asked them to put the bags down. One boy complied with the request, the [...]

ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations Team executed a search warrant on a house in Curtin today, Sunday 6 May.
This relates to an incident which occurred about 11.15 pm on Saturday 5 May, where a Domino’s delivery driver was threatened with what appeared to be a handgun.
The driver was not robbed or harmed in the incident.
Subsequent [...]

The courts every now and then throw up a gem. This judgment R v ANDRE MAURICE GOBIN is such a one.
You’ll never see Woolum Crescent in Rivett the same way again.
The dialogue of the interview from paragraph 26 is particularly good value.
Sadly for Andre Acting Justice Neild did not believe him.
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Police are seeking the public’s assistance after a sawn off shotgun was located in Forrest on Wednesday afternoon (March 21).
Detectives from ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations located the sawn off shotgun in a hedge on Empire Circuit, near the Tennyson Crescent intersection. The shotgun was located next to a blue long sleeve hooded jumper.
Police believe the [...]

ACT Policing arrested a 23-year-old Oxley man after a search warrant was executed at his home early this morning.
Around 6.30am, members of Specialist Response and Security commenced negotiations with the resident of the house in an attempt to have him safely exit.
The man complied with the request, exiting the house as members of Criminal Investigations [...]

A 32-year-old woman from Franklin will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Friday, February 24) charged with drug trafficking.
ACT Policing’s Drug Investigation Team executed a search warrant at the Franklin home yesterday afternoon following a six month investigation.
During the search police located and seized an amount of money, approximately 30 grams of cannabis, 11 pipes [...]

ACT Policing is appealing to the public for assistance in identifying two men who forced their way into a home in Ngunnawal last night (Tuesday, February 21).
About 10 pm the residents were woken by loud banging at the front door. One of the residents approached the front door and saw two men wearing dark clothing [...]

ACT Policing is investigating an incident of a shot fired early this morning in Braddon (Wednesday, February 15).
About 5.45am police responded to a report of a shot fired at a unit complex in Braddon. Police attended and spoke with two men who were inside the unit. A shot was fired through the front door. Police [...]

ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations arrested a 32-year-old man from Ngunnawal yesterday morning (Friday, February 10).
About 5.20am police executed a search warrant on the premises and seized a large sum of money, four unregistered firearms and property suspected to be stolen.
Police also seized various substances suspected to be cannabis, MDMA, LSD, amphetamines, steroids, valium and other [...]

ACT Policing is appealing to the public after a burglary in Kambah on Saturday night (November 26) where a number of firearms were stolen.
The burglary is believed to have occurred sometime between 10.30pm on Saturday, November 26 and 7.00am on Sunday, November 27. Police believe the offender(s) have entered the unlocked garage of a home [...]

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a theft of registered firearms from a residence in Hackett yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, 7 September).
Around 3.55pm police were called to the house in Steele Street after the resident returned home to find the side door to the garage forced open.
Inside the garage police found a secure gun locker broken [...]

ACT Policing is investigating an attempted aggravated robbery in Griffith last night (Friday, August 13).
Around 6.15pm, a woman returned to her car which was parked on Flinders Way in Griffith. After getting into her car, a man armed with a firearm got into the passenger’s side of the vehicle and demanded money.
The victim opened the [...]

Would the 16 guns stolen from a shipping container in Fyshwick be for sale on the black market in Canberra?
The police said they could be worth tens of thousands of dollars. Personally I’d like a big black gun.
How much should I expect to pay? 
Does a gun black market exist in the ACT. [...]

ACT Policing is investigating a burglary in which a number of firearms were stolen from a business premises in Fyshwick.
The burglary is believed to have occurred between Friday, July 29 and Wednesday, August 3, when unknown offender(s) have entered the rear yard of a Lyell Street, Fyshwick business and cut the padlocks to a shipping [...]

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to the theft of firearms from a house in Braddon early this morning (Sunday, July 17).
Between 4:50am and 5:30am, five firearms and some ammunition were stolen from a secure shed at the house on Lowanna Street.
The firearms stolen included a SAKO Bolt Action L461 .223 Remington calibre rifle, a SAKO [...]

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at Woolworths Supermarket in Erindale early this morning (Sunday, June 5).
About 12.40am the male offender approached an employee outside the supermarket, producing a firearm and demanding the male employee to take him to where the money is.
The staff member has complied and led the offender to [...]

ACT Policing has arrested a 26-year-old man on drug-related charges following a search warrant at a house in Ngunnawal yesterday (Friday, May 20).
Detectives from ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations Drug team executed the warrant yesterday morning. During the warrant, they seized approximately 29 grams of heroin and approximately 105 grams of methylamphetamine. Three firearms and ammunition [...]