Police say a car that was linked to a violent robbery at a Kambah supermarket and later torched in Farrer had been stolen a week before the incidents.
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Two men wielding guns went into the Woolworths supermarket on Marconi Crescent about 9pm on Thursday, June 25.
Both men wore orange and black high-visibility hooded jumpers, dark pants and dark face coverings at the time of the robbery.
Police said the duo demanded staff hand over cash and then fled the store before they ran to a small white car driven by a third man.
Police found the vehicle alight in Farrer about 9.30pm after reports of a car fire in the suburb.
The burnt out car off Hawkesbury Crescent was identified as the one used during the robbery.
ACT Policing Detective Senior Constable Jarryd Dunbar on Monday said police had identified the car as a white Suburu Impreza hatchback.
The car was reportedly stolen from the driveway of a Monash home a week before the robbery, on either June 18 or 19.
Detective Senior Constable Dunbar said police wanted to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious in near Marconi Crescent, Kambah, or near the corner of Lambrigg Street and Hawkesbury Crescent, Farrer the night of the robbery.
"We'd like to hear from anyone who may have knowledge of that vehicle and anyone who may have seen that vehicle in those two areas between the hours of 8pm and 10pm on June 25," he said.
"They may have [seen] one of these [men] who were involved in the robbery without their disguise on and it's really important they contact us and provide us with any information that they think may assist us."
Detective Senior Constable Jarryd Dunbar said the incident didn't appear to be linked to any of the incidents that took place during a string of violent armed robberies in the capital.
But he said it stood out because the offenders used two different firearms and had a getaway driver.
"Our priority is to get those firearms off the street," he said.
"There's a risk to public safety if we've got people going around brandishing firearms like that, in a very violent robbery, at a local supermarket during a time when there were a number of customers present.
"We're very keen to identify these people and remove them from the street, and to recover those firearms so they can't be used in any further robberies and can't be used to hurt anyone."
Information can be reported to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at act.crimestoppers.com.au.
