Police believe the same "violent, greedy thugs" have carried out 14 terrifying aggravated robberies and burglaries across the ACT in the last decade.
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The offenders have used a variety of weapons, including guns, knives and modified nail guns to threaten their victims, with some of the robberies netting them more than $80,000.
Last month, police launched a public appeal after officers found links between five aggravated burglaries that happened between November 2009 and August 2010 at the Lanyon Vikings Club and fast-food restaurants across the territory.
McDonald's in Fyshwick was hit twice, while KFC in Greenway and Red Rooster in Wanniassa were also targeted.
On Wednesday, Detective Station Sergeant Harry Hains said CCTV analysis and information supplied by the public had led police to believe the same people were also behind eight aggravated robberies and an aggravated burglary, committed between 2016 and 2018.
The latest incidents took place at a number of clubs and licensed premises in the ACT, including the Weston Creek Labor Club and Lanyon Vikings Club.
Sergeant Hains said investigators did not know why there had been such a long gap between the offences, but warned the people responsible that the passing of time did not mean they would get away with it.
"These violent offences have physical and mental effects that last with people for the rest of their lives," Sergeant Hains said.
"They have been committed by violent, greedy thugs.
"I have a message for them: we will find you, we will knock on your door, and you will go to jail."
Police were not sure exactly how many people are involved, but a compilation of CCTV from the incidents, released on Wednesday, shows two offenders in some instances, and three in others.
Sergeant Hains said the offenders had used a range of weapons, including guns, knives and modified nail guns.
"This series of offences have not been victimless crimes," he said.
"... It’s very clear from the footage that’s been released that the terror that someone would feel having a firearm or other modified weapon pointed in their face and being screamed at to comply would last with people for a very long time.
"Over the years I’ve been in policing, I’ve seen people never return to work as a result of these offences."
Sergeant Hains said he did not know the total amount of money stolen in the robberies, but that some of them had netted the offenders more than $80,000.
"We're not talking about small amounts," he said.
Police believe two cars seen travelling together after one of the offences, on December 11 last year, may hold the key to cracking the case.
"If you saw a red Subaru Brumby and a white Toyota Hilux travelling together between 12am and 4pm on the 11th of December, 2017, contact Crime Stoppers," Sergeant Hains said.
"The vehicles may have been seen in the Conder or Point Hut Crossing areas."
To provide information to Crime Stoppers, call 1800 333 000, or make a report online via the Crime Stoppers ACT website.
