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ACT Policing officers have caught a woman twice overnight for drink driving.

About 10:40pm last night (Saturday, 17 May 2025), officers from Gungahlin Police Station were conducting Random Breath Testing on Gundaroo Drive in Crace.

Police stopped a 34-year-old woman who was subject to a roadside breath test which was positive for alcohol.

The woman was transported to Gunghalin Police Station, where she returned a breath analysis of 0.240. She was issued an immediate suspension notice, suspending her right to drive in the ACT for 90 days.

About 12:40am (Sunday, 18 May 2025), the same officers observed the woman walking in the direction towards her vehicle.

A short time later police saw the vehicle being driven on Gundaroo Drive. Police stopped the vehicle and identified the driver as the same woman from before.

Police subjected the woman to another roadside breath test, which was positive for alcohol. She was taken to City Police Station, where she returned a breath analysis of 0.191.

The 34-year-old woman was arrested by police and will face the ACT Magistrates Court on 16 June 2025. She has been charged with two counts of drink driving and driving with a suspended licence.

Another four drivers were caught drink driving by Gungahlin Police Station officers during the night.

ACT Policing is disappointed to see this on the last day of National Road Safety Week 2025.

Police have caught 113 impaired drivers following a month of action targeting drink and drug driving in the ACT.

In April, ACT Policing conducted more than 20,500 random breath tests and roadside drug tests.

Impaired driving is one of the fatal five driving behaviours – the major causes of injury and death on our roads.

Among the people caught was a 33-year-old man who was observed running a red light shortly before midnight on 14 April. He was stopped and subjected to a breath analysis at Belconnen Police Station, which returned a result of 0.179.

When he was spoken to by police, the man reportedly said it wasn’t a big deal because he didn’t hit anyone.

An 18-year-old man who told police he had drank a bottle of wine at his house before driving with a passenger in the car recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.149 and a 51-year-old man who hit a parked car in Theodore and returned a result of 0.170 were also among the drivers caught in April.

In Australia, almost one in three recorded fatal collisions involves a driver with alcohol or drugs in their system.

Detective acting Superintendent Mark Steel said it was still disappointing that in 2025, police were having to remind the community not to drive while impaired.

“It is especially disappointing to have to say this during National Road Safety Week. People are continuing to place themselves and others at significant risk,” Det. A/Supt Steel said.

“If you drive while impaired by alcohol or drugs, you significantly increase the risk of causing a collision and seriously injuring or killing yourself or someone else.”

Two men will face court today after allegedly claiming to be police during a home invasion in Mawson last year.

Police allege the men, along with two other offenders, forced their way into a home in July 2024 while claiming they were police officers conducting a search warrant.

The group threatened the occupant with a firearm and other weapons before assaulting him, leaving him with serious injuries that required hospitalisation.

Police believe the man was mistakenly targeted by the group and they fled the scene in a stolen white Toyota HiLux and two other vehicles.

Following an investigation by ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigation team, a 37-year-old Rivett man and a 47-year-old Googong man were both arrested yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, 13 May 2025).

Both men have been charged with joint commission aggravated burglary – intent to commit theft, joint commission aggravated robbery, joint commission assault occasioning actual bodily harm, impersonate a Territory public official, joint commission minor theft and joint commission property damage.

The 47-year-old has also been charged with breach of parole.

The 37-year-old has also been charged with knife possession.

Investigations into the identities of the remaining two offenders are ongoing and anyone with information that could assist police is urged to come forward.

Please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website, quoting reference number 7801831. Information can be provided anonymously.

ACT Policing is seeking to identify a motorcycle rider and passenger involved in fail to stop incidents last week.

About 6:15pm on Wednesday (7 May 2025), Road Policing officers conducted a traffic stop on a red Ducati motorcycle with no registration plate on Commonwealth Avenue in Yarralumla.

After initially stopping for police, the rider and pillion passenger rode off at speed and were last seen riding dangerously on Commonwealth Avenue bridge.

Then at about 11:45pm on Saturday night (10 May 2025), Road Policing officers observed the same motorcycle exit Livingston Avenue in Kambah.

Police attempted a traffic stop while on Melrose Drive in Phillip where the rider again failed to stop for police and continued riding dangerously as they fled.

ACT Policing is today releasing images to assist in identifying the rider and passenger involved in the fail to stop incidents. The motorcycle is a red Ducati road bike.

Anyone who can assist with the identity of the rider or their passenger is urged to contact Crime Stoppers via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 8045702. Information can be provided anonymously.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses or dash-cam footage of a collision between a car and motorcycle on Tillyard Drive last week.

About 9pm (Wednesday, 7 May 2025), police and emergency services received reports of a collision between a black Honda CBR motorcycle and a silver Holden Commodore VE sedan at the intersection of Tillyard Drive and Kerrigan Street in Fraser.

The driver of the Commodore sedan failed to stop and exchange details with the motorcycle rider.

The 19-year-old male motorcyclist was treated at the scene by ACT Ambulance Service paramedics before being transported to hospital with minor injuries.

Police are seeking witnesses or dash-cam footage of the silver Holden Commodore VE that may have had ACT registration YHL 33G.

Police later located the Commodore abandoned in Charnwood, it was subsequently seized for forensic examination.

Officers are investigating the circumstances of the collision and urging anyone who witnessed or has dash-cam footage of the incident or the silver Commodore in the West Belconnen District on Wednesday night to contact Crime Stoppers via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 80473007.

Updated at 6:30pm, Sunday 11 May 2025

Thanks Canberra, the woman in the image has come forward.

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ACT Policing is appealing for a witness to an incident at the Woden bus interchange last month to come forward.

About 4.30pm on 15 April 2025, an altercation occurred between two teenage boys at the Woden bus interchange near platform six.

The woman depicted in the image is believed to have witnessed the incident and spoke to one of the boys afterwards.

Police are appealing for the woman to come forward as she may have information that could assist with enquiries. We would like to stress that the woman is a witness only and was not involved in the altercation.

Anyone with information about the woman’s identity is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 8023329. Information can be provided anonymously.

A 23-year-old woman will face court tomorrow for allegedly assaulting a security guard after she was denied entry to a nightclub in the City.

About 1:15am this morning (Sunday, 11 May 2025), the woman and her male partner were denied entry to a licenced venue on London Circuit.

Police allege the woman then began knocking over items belonging to the venue and when security guards attempted to stop her, they fell to the ground.

The woman then allegedly kicked one security guard twice, punched him in the face and bit him on the arm.

The woman was restrained and when police arrived a short time later, she was arrested.

She is due to face the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow (Monday, 12 May 2025), charged with common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

A 31-year-old man will face court today after allegedly stalking and sending death threats to a female colleague.

Police allege that between April and May, the man used work IT systems to send harassing messages and death threats to the woman.

It is also alleged the man followed the woman while she was working, including to areas of the workplace he had no reason to be in.

The incidents were reported to police and he was arrested at his home in Belconnen last night (Friday, 9 May 2025).

He is due to face the ACT Magistrates Court today, charged with stalking and using a carriage service to harass.