Category: MIL-OSI

Three men have been charged following the theft of a safe containing a significant sum of cash and valuables from a home in Giralang in March.

On 20 March (2025) police were informed of the theft of the safe from a Giralang home, with information received that the alleged offenders were being threatened by the safe owner and others.

Police also received information that Sydney and Canberra-based Hells Angels criminal motorcycle gang members had become involved in efforts to recover the safe.

On 5 April (2025) the safe was located empty near Mawson Ponds.

Following an investigation by detectives from the Gungahlin Major Crime Squad, multiple search warrants were executed and three men have been charged in relation to this matter.

On Friday 9 May (2025), police executed a search warrant at a 38-year-old man’s residence in Amaroo. During the search warrant officers located weapons, mobiles phones and suspected drug substances. The man has been charged with aggravated burglary – intent to commit theft, assault occasioning ABH, joint commission theft, possessing a prohibited weapon and three counts of traffic in controlled drug other than cannabis.

On Wednesday 14 May (2025), police executed a search warrant in Bonner seizing collectable coins suspected to have been stolen from the safe.

On Thursday, 15 May (2025), police executed a search warrant on a 32-year-old man’s residence in Braddon. During the search warrant officers seized a firearm, ammunition and a shot gun shell. The man was charged with aggravated burglary – intent to commit theft and theft.

Both men previously faced court for these offences and were remanded in custody.  They will face the ACT Magistrates Court again tomorrow (29 May 2025).

Yesterday (Tuesday, 27 May 2025) Gungahlin detectives (with the assistance of New South Wales Police Force Raptor Squad officers) executed a search warrant on a 63-year-old man’s residence in Wentworthville in NSW.

He was arrested and extradited to the ACT and is due to appear before the ACT Magistrates Court today (Wednesday, 28 May 2025). The man is expected to be charged with incitement and forcible confinement.

Investigations into this matter remain on going and further charges are expected to be laid. The full contents of the safe are yet to be recovered.

Anyone with any information about this matter is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via www.crimestoppers.com.au. Please quote 8002738. Information can be provided anonymously.

A 15-year-old boy has been charged following the violent assault of a woman on a walking trail in Bonner on Monday.

About 10:15am on Monday (26 May 2025), a 59-year-old woman was jogging down Oak Hill on the Centenary Trail in Bonner when the 15-year-old boy allegedly grabbed her from behind and began assaulting her.

During the assault the teen allegedly choked the woman causing her to pass out for a short period of time. When she regained consciousness and tried to get away, he then struck the woman in the head. As a result, the woman fell to the ground where the boy continued assaulting the woman.

After the assault, the teen allegedly took the woman’s phone and ran away.

After the 15-year-old left, the woman got up and ran until she encountered another woman who called Triple Zero (000).

Soon after police and ACT Ambulance Service attended, and the woman was taken to The Canberra Hospital where she was treated for minor injuries.

The boy was located soon after, arrested and charged with an act of indecency without consent, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, choke a person and render insensible and robbery. He was taken for a mental health assessment and faced the ACT Childrens Court today (Wednesday, 28 May 2025) where he was remanded in custody until 23 June 2025.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to two incidents yesterday in Oxley and Erindale where one man was robbed and another was assaulted after being threatened with a knife.

About 3.45pm yesterday (Monday, 26 May 2025) a man was approached on Newman Morris Circuit, Oxley by a male teenager and a younger boy and was allegedly threatened with a knife before handing over a sum of money and his Airpod earphones.

The second incident occurred about 4.00pm when a man was sitting at a bus stop on Comrie Street near the Erindale shops. He was approached by two boys (matching the description of the offenders in the earlier incident), who were riding an electric scooter. The boys asked to borrow his phone and after he declined, they allegedly assaulted him. He was later taken to The Canberra Hospital with minor injuries.

Police are seeking information relating to the incidents, including anyone who has dashcam footage from the Oxley and Erindale area between 3.30pm-4.30pm or witnesses who have not yet spoken to police.

Anyone who can assist is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1300 333 000 or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote 8059010. Information can be provided anonymously.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an assault in Petrie Plaza in the city on Saturday night.

About 11:20pm on Saturday (24 May 2025), police responded to an incident in Petrie Plaza near the merry-go-round where a 44-year-old NSW man was allegedly assaulted by a group of young people.

The group then left the area however a short time later two 16-year-old boys were apprehended by police in relation to the incident.

Police believe that at least four people participated in the alleged assault, with three teens identified and expected to be charged with offences including affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Investigators are seeking information relating to the incident including assistance with identifying anyone who participated in the alleged assault or witnesses who have not yet spoken to police.

Anyone who can assist is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1300 333 000 or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote 8057656. Information can be provided anonymously.

A 34-year-old man will face court today after allegedly strangling another man following a carpark dispute in Belconnen last night.

Around 9.00pm (Friday, 23 May 2025), a male resident attempted to park his vehicle in the carpark of his apartment building when another vehicle cut him off.

The driver of the second vehicle – the 34-year-old man – allegedly began yelling at the resident before getting out and approaching his car.

He then allegedly threatened to kill the resident before reaching through an open window to hit and strangle him.

The 34-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning charged with making threats to kill, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and choking, suffocating or strangling another person.