A man has been charged after allegedly using an edged weapon to try to steal a taxi driver’s car on Sunday morning, while police are also searching for people who allegedly looted a Darwin city shop after its glass front door was broken on Monday morning, NT Police said.

Police director of communications Mark Wilton said that about 3:10am on Sunday a taxi driver reported a passenger had threatened him with an edged weapon while demanding his car, phone and money.

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