A 16-year-old who allegedly stole a taxi and threatened the driver with a knife in Stuart Park has been arrested, while NT Police are calling on the public to provide them with more information about the aggravated robbery.


A 16-year-old who allegedly stole a taxi and threatened the driver with a knife in Stuart Park has been arrested, while NT Police are calling on the public to provide them with more information about the aggravated robbery.

Two men believed to be part of a Colombian-based cartel trafficking cocaine and engaging in money laundering, were arrested by the AFP in Darwin after a multi-state operation aimed at stopping the shipment and distribution of illegal drugs into Australia.

Vehicle theft in Darwin increased 42 per cent in the 12 months to May this year, compared to the previous year, but based on population, vehicles in Alice Springs were getting stolen at more than twice the rate of Darwin, police statistics show.

A 26-year-old woman has been charged with violent conduct causing death in connection to the death of a woman earlier this week in a community near Katherine.

Two teenagers have severe head injuries after being involved in a fight with sticks outside an East Side home in Alice Springs, NT Police said.

A 33-year-old woman has died near Katherine overnight, which NT Police are investigating as a case of suspected domestic violence.

A man accused of riotous behaviour and throwing a “chemical” at police officers during an anti-mandate rally last year was found not guilty on five charges in the Darwin Local Court on Tuesday, after the prosecution failed to meet a court ordered deadline to disclose evidence.

A seriously injured man found in bushland near a home that was engulfed in flames may be connected to the suspicious blaze at Bagot Community last week, NT Police said, which they suspect involved family violence.

ICAC Michael Riches’s executive assistant has faced court for the first time after being charged with disclosing confidential information in alleged breach of the ICAC Act.

Witnesses have provided accounts of recent serious crimes in the southern region of the Northern Territory that contradict details made public by the NT Police, showing them to be more serious than reported, and with police seeming to suppress important details from the public.

NT Police are calling for witnesses after a 70-year-old woman was robbed by an “unknown Aboriginal man” on Dalwood Crescent, near the intersection of Dalwood and Jarvis Street at 7:50pm Friday night.

Major Crash detectives are still investigating the fatal crash that claimed the lives of a 25-year-old woman and an infant child on the Roper Highway turn-off, near the vicinity of Strangeways River on Friday afternoon.