POLICE are responding to two reports of ransom demands directed to the Novotel and Pavilion hotels today.
At 12.50pm, police received a report from Novotel management that they had received a suspicious phone call demanding a sum of cash and making threats. About 1.15pm, police received a similar report from the Pavilion hotel management.
Police attended both hotels and advised hotel management to operate as per their emergency procedures, as a standard safety precaution.
The canine team is searching both hotels as part of the ongoing operation while police work to determine the veracity of the threats.
Under ACT and Commonwealth legislation it is an offence to make a false report to police and/or emergency services, to cause police and/or emergency services resources to be wasted, or to use a telephone service to harass a person. This offence carries heavy penalties.
Police who can assist police to contact 1800 333 000, or via act.crimestoppers.com.au. Information can be provided anonymously.
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