The Territory Response Group (TRG) has been deployed to restore order in Daly River, NT Police said, after the NT Independent revealed that four guns were stolen from a car in the community on the weekend and people shot with a crossbow.
Police failed to disclose full extent of Saturday night crime rampage: Sources
A horror Saturday night of crime that gripped the Greater Darwin region with carjackings, ram-raids and car rollovers was worse than publicly reported, with NT Police failing to disclose that a car full of guns and ammunition was also stolen from Daly River and four people shot with crossbows in the community, while the suspects for all crimes remain at large, sources have told the NT Independent.
Mongols members arrested in covert police operation; guns, cash and drugs seized
Forty Mongols motorcycle gang members and associates have been arrested – including the national president, Darwin president, vice president and sergeant-at-arms – as part of a massive undercover operation spanning the last 18 months, with further arrests expected, NT Police said.
Government struggling with record inmate numbers and overcrowded NT prisons
NT Police have been forced to provide custody facilities at the Peter McAulay Centre and multiple watch houses to NT Corrections to help house the record number of prisoners in the NT’s justice system, after prisons in both Darwin and Alice Springs surpassed capacity this week, a situation the police said was a “short term solution” but that corrections says will not end soon.
68-year-old man from Katherine region charged with child abuse material offences
The NT Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team arrested a 68-year-old man yesterday after executing a search warrant at the man’s residence in an undisclosed community within the Katherine Region, NT Police said.
Youths charged after allegedly breaking into Casuarina Square
Strike Force Trident detectives have charged two females, aged 14 and 15, with unlawful entry, serious breach of bail, two counts of stealing and three counts of trespassing after illegally entering Casuarina Square on Sunday night and allegedly stealing items.
Children aged 12, 13 arrested for dangerous driving in broad daylight around Alice Springs
Two children, aged 12 and 13, have been arrested for allegedly driving a stolen Toyota Hilux dangerously around Alice Springs for two hours in the middle of the morning, NT Police said.
Chief fire officer called police on firies for ‘criminal damage’ done with non-permanent markers
NT Fire’s chief fire officer Mark Spain admitted he called NT Police on his own firefighters because of concerns of criminal damage to fire trucks by firefighters writing on them – which their union maintains is allowable under protected industrial action – with what turned out to be non-permanent markers that could be wiped off.
‘Nothing changes’: Another chaotic weekend of crime in Alice Springs
A crime spree in Alice Springs over the weekend that saw multiple cars set on fire and businesses ram-raided have citizens terrified and calling on the Federal Government to take real action to restore order to the town less than two months after a visit from the Prime Minister.
Man killed after being pinned underneath trailer on highway
A man was killed in a fatal road incident on Thursday afternoon near Victoria River after becoming trapped underneath a trailer on a highway, NT Police said.
Two bottle shops held up, staff threatened with having ‘throats slit’: Police
UPDATED: Two Palmerston bottle shops have allegedly been held up in a series of attacks on Thursday, with a credit card stolen from staff at one after they were threatened with having their “throats slit”, and alcohol stolen at a second shop where a large kitchen knife was brandished, NT Police said, which follows the stabbing death of a bottle-shop employee in Darwin on Sunday.
Chalker forced to once again deny rumours of his resignation
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has dispelled fresh rumours that he has resigned, or plans to resign, claiming the latest rumour was started by “anti-vaxxers and people with agendas”.