Category: MIL-OSI

The Canberra community is being reminded that 3D printed guns and gun parts are illegal.

An incident last week saw ACT Policing officers attend a school after being informed that a staff member had brought a 3D printed handgun to the school. The gun was not shown in a class and the teacher returned home later that day.

Police later executed a search warrant at the teacher’s home, where the firearm was seized as well as the 3D printer used to make the firearm. At this time police believe this incident was a misguided effort to demonstrate the capabilities of 3D printing technology.

Enquiries relating to this matter are continuing.

ACT Policing would like to remind all community members that the creation of firearms or firearm parts using 3D printers or any other equipment is illegal. All items used to create a firearm are also subject to criminal asset confiscation including printers, machines, phones and computers.

Anyone with any information about the illegal possession or creation of firearms in the ACT should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website.  Information can be provided anonymously.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a collision between a ute and a pedestrian in the Belconnen mall carpark last Sunday.

About 1.00pm last Sunday (6 April 2025) a collision occurred between a black Toyota Hilux utility and a 75-year-old man in the ground floor carpark of Belconnen Mall, off Emu Bank and Joynton Smith Crescent. The man received significant injuries during incident.

While police spoke to the driver and other witnesses at the time, a call is now being made for any further witnesses who may have seen the collision last Sunday to come forward. Police are also seeking any dash-cam footage of the ground floor carpark from the time of the collision.

Anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website.  Please quote 8015229. Information can be provided anonymously.

Four teens aged 14 and 15 have been charged overnight in relation to stolen motor vehicle incidents in Weetangera and Nicholls.

About 11.30pm last night (Sunday, 13 April 2025) police patrolling Weetangera observed a Hyundai Tuscon SUV that had previously been reported as stolen. The vehicle was travelling at high speed on Schumack Street and as it approached Springvale Drive, tyre deflation devices were deployed.

The SUV failed to take the next turn, colliding with a traffic island and sign. A teenage boy fled the vehicle, with police arresting him soon after near Belconnen Way.

The 14-year-old was charged with breach of bail and ride/drive in a motor vehicle without consent.

A 15-year-old located hiding in a front garden near the collision scene was charged with breaching bail

In a second incident at about 3am this morning (Monday, 14 April 2025), police received a call regarding people attempting to enter vehicles in Nicholls. Soon after, police located two youths who matched witness descriptions at the intersection of Temperly Street and Wendy Ey Place. One of the youths possessed a key to a nearby Hyundai Kona that had been reported stolen on Saturday (12 April 2025).

A 14-year-old girl was subsequently charged with breach of bail and ride/drive motor vehicle without consent.

A 14-year-old boy was charged with theft, going equipped for theft, possession of stolen property and ride/drive motor vehicle without consent.

Three of the four teens arrested overnight were on bail for previous similar offences.

Police are urging anyone with information relating to the theft of motor vehicles in the ACT to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website.  Information can be provided anonymously.

An 85-year-old Sydney man has become the third road fatality for 2025 following a collision that occurred in Watson last month.

On the afternoon of 23 March (2025) at the intersection of the Federal Highway and Antill Street, a station wagon left the road and collided with a tree.

The two occupants were transported to hospital with the male driver sadly dying in hospital yesterday (Sunday 13 April 2025).

This brings the ACT road toll for 2025 to 3 persons.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

ACT Policing officers from Woden Police Station located explosives, drugs and ammunition during a vehicle search in Wanniassa yesterday.

About 4pm yesterday (Sunday, 13 April 2025), police located a White Mazda 2 in a carpark at the Erindale shops and later last night, and a search warrant was executed on it.

During the search a number of items were located in the vehicle including:

• Approximately 260 grams of methamphetamine – equating to approximately 2600 ‘hits’ of the drug
• A small amount of cocaine
• Two shotgun cartridges
• Ten .22 rounds of ammunition
• A machete
• A taser
• Approximately 300grams of ammonium nitrate in a pipe – (explosives).

At this time no charges have been laid and enquiries into the seized items are continuing.

Anyone who can assist police with information about the illegal sale and distribution of drugs in the ACT is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website.  Information can be provided anonymously.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an assault in Watson earlier this week that resulted in one man being hospitalised with facial injuries.

On Monday afternoon (7 April 2025), a white Toyota Hilux utility parked in the driveway of a home on Officer Crescent in Ainslie was damaged.

After discovering the damage, two men attended a home on Antill Street in Watson where they were allegedly attacked by a group of men, leaving a 44-year-old man with facial injuries that required hospital treatment.

Officers arrived a short time later and at about 10pm that evening, a 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old man were arrested at a residence on Knox Street, Watson.

Both men were charged with joint commission assault occasioning actual bodily harm and faced the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday (8 April 2025).

Enquiries into the incident and other offences are ongoing and police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with CCTV or dash-cam footage from Monday, 7 April 2025 near:

• Officer Cresent, Ainslie between 12:30pm and 1:00pm, or
• Antill Street, Watson between 4:20pm and 4:40pm,

is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 8016241. Information can be provided anonymously.

In six incidents of alleged theft across stores in Canberra, a 34-year-old man has stolen more than $3,600 worth of items and will face court today.

• About 3pm on Sunday, 9 March 2025, a 34-year-old man entered a retail store in Majura. It is alleged the man stole 15 items valued at a total value of $795.
• About 6:30pm on Friday, 14 March 2025, the man entered a retail store in Tuggeranong. It is alleged he stole 18 items valued at a total of $821.
• About 1:15pm on Monday, 17 March 2025, the man entered a retail store in Gungahlin. It is alleged he stole six items valued at a total of $633.
• About 6:54pm on Monday, 24 March 2025, the man returns to the same retail store in Gungahlin. It is alleged he stole 16 items valued at a total of $859.
• About 2:30pm on Saturday, 29 March 2025, the man enters a department store in the city. It is alleged he stole three items valued at a total of $320.
• About 4:23pm on Monday, 7 April 2025, the man enters a grocery store in Mawson. It is alleged he stole 19 items valued at a total of $185.20.

Following an investigation into the series of thefts, police identified a person of interest.

Yesterday (25 April 2025), officers attached to City Police Station executed a search warrant on the man’s residence in Mawson.

During the search police located clothing the man allegedly wore during the theft incidents, as well as 92 pairs of high-end shoes and two motorcycle helmets believed to be proceeds of crime.

The 34-year-old man – who was subject to a good beahviour order at the time of the incidents – has been charged with breaching good behaviour obligations, theft, two counts of minor theft, possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime and unlawful possession of stolen property. He is expected to face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (26 April 2025).

Enquiries are ongoing and further charges are expected to be laid.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of a single vehicle collision that occurred on Canberra Avenue yesterday.

About 1:35pm yesterday (Thursday, 24 April 2025) police and emergency services responded to reports of a blue Mazda 3 bearing NSW registration DD56WP colliding with a tree.

The collision occurred near the intersection of Woods Lane and Canberra Avenue.

A 63-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman were transported to hospital both in a serious condition.

ACT Policing’s Major Collision Team are conducting an investigation into the incident.

The vehicle was observed driving erratically on Norse Road in Beard and Canberra Avenue in Symonston shortly before the collision. Police urge anyone who may have dash-cam footage of the vehicle to come forward.

Anyone who may have any information in relation to this collision is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference 8031224.