A 66-year-old taxi driver was arrested and charged for allegedly illegally selling overpriced booze from his vehicle in Alice Springs on Tuesday, NT Police said.


A 66-year-old taxi driver was arrested and charged for allegedly illegally selling overpriced booze from his vehicle in Alice Springs on Tuesday, NT Police said.

Two 13-year-olds who were out on bail are facing charges for allegedly stealing a car and engaging in a crime spree with three others around Darwin on Sunday night, NT Police said, while a 20-year-old who was involved is facing lesser property offences and has not been charged as a “ringleader”.

A woman was allegedly stabbed at the Darwin Botanic Gardens on Wednesday afternoon, NT Police said two days later.

Two plywood boxes containing more than 47 kilograms of cannabis that appear to have been encased in concrete were discovered during vehicle checks on the Stuart Highway near Mataranka with the help of drug detection dog Danger, NT Police said, resulting in charges against three people.

Two 11-year-olds and a 14-year-old have been arrested and released after allegedly breaking into a Katherine business and throwing rocks at a community facility, NT Police said.

Three men have been charged after they allegedly drove into the Northern Territory from South Australia with 7.7kg of cannabis and 280g of methamphetamine, NT Police have said.

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with a serious breach of bail, and breaching a suspended sentence, after allegedly throwing a lit firework, hitting a supermarket employee, and then assaulting a 65-year-old man, NT Police have said.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with car theft and breaking into a home in Tennant Creek, NT Police have said.

A Berrimah man has been arrested for having child abuse material, after a home was searched and computers seized, NT Police have said.

The air, road and ground search for missing man Paul Baker has been called off but NT Police have said he is a competent bushman and want the community to keep giving them information on his whereabouts.

A man has been charged with murder and domestic violence offences over the death of a woman in Coconut Grove NT Police have said.

Police are investigating what they say is the suspicious death of a woman in Coconut Grove on Friday night.