Two Palmerston females had a “very frightening experience” when they were awoken and threatened by an unknown intruder in the early hours of Wednesday, NT Police said.

Six people who were left stranded amid torrential rains and flood waters west of Alice Springs have been airlifted to safety, NT Police said, after they failed to heed warnings about the severe weather.

A 41-year-old male police officer is facing a string of firearms offences and has been served with a notice to appear before the Katherine Local Court in March, NT Police said.

Two St John Ambulance paramedics treating an injured person were allegedly brutally assaulted Friday afternoon in Jingili by an unidentified female who punched and scratched them, NT Police said.

A Katherine man will spend a maximum of 18 months in prison after he was convicted of child abuse offenses that included peddling child exploitation materials in social media, the Australian Federal Police said.

UPDATED: NT Police have recovered the body of a 50-year-old man believed to have drowned in floodwaters near Tennant Creek after he was last seen in the water Sunday afternoon.

UPDATED: NT Police have charged three women who allegedly bashed another woman in the head and snatched her bag at Casuarina Square on Friday afternoon.

A Woodroofe Supermarket customer who was kicked out of the store following an incident with staff, allegedly rammed the front doors of the market “at speed” with his ute before fleeing the scene, NT Police said.

A 57-year-old man has been arrested and charged by Serious Crime Squad police for allegedly assaulting a man in a Mitchell Street establishment a year ago, NT Police said.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a crash in Dundee Beach on Wednesday afternoon that killed a 40-year-old man.