Two dozen bottles of rum destined for the Tiwi Islands have been seized during routine screening of air arrivals on Monday, while the female recipient has been issued a notice to appear in court, NT Police said.

Authorities have revealed the ages of the four men killed in the horrific Howard Springs single-vehicle car crash, but their identities remain unofficial as police continue formally identifying the victims who were “extensively burned”.

A rural area man was treated for “minor burns” after a raging fire destroyed a Livingstone home overnight, emergency officials said, who are treating the fire as suspicious.

A Katherine man has been issued a notice to appear in court for allegedly stealing eight cows that were found bearing a tag not associated with his property, NT Police said.

A man who was caught on CCTV intentionally causing damage to a vehicle in Stuart Park three weeks ago, has been arrested and found in possession of illegal drugs and weapons, NT Police said.

UPDATED: Police have arrested a 52-year-old man in connection to an alleged hit-and-run that saw a woman who was lying in the road run over in Darwin City on Tuesday night.

A woman who was running on a popular track in Alice Springs was allegedly assaulted and robbed by a 15-year-old male youth, who also charged at another female before running off on Monday evening, NT Police said.

A five-year-old was struck by a car in Farrar Sunday evening and was left “bleeding from their face and nose”, paramedics said, in what they described as “every parent’s worst nightmare”.

A adult male and a child have been arrested and charged after a botched attempt to break in and steal from a bar in Alice Springs on Saturday, NT Police said.

NT Police deployed a drone and a tyre deflation device to arrest a group of seven youths in a stolen car joyriding around the Alice Springs CBD Wednesday night.