A drunk taxi driver carrying a passenger was one of four drivers caught with a medium-range blood-alcohol reading last weekend, as part of a targeted NT Police traffic operation that saw 165 drivers tested through two random breath testing stations in Darwin and Palmerston, police said.
A 36-year-old woman who allegedly lit a car on fire on Kempe Street in Alice Springs on Monday afternoon has been charged with vehicle and arson offences, NT Police said.
NT Police have released CCTV footage of an aggravated burglary that occurred at the government armoury in Katherine East on Saturday, October 11, as they continue to appeal to the public for information to aid in their ongoing investigation.
Two security guards, one suffering suspected fractures, were taken to Royal Darwin Hospital after being attacked by up to 20 people in Parap on Saturday afternoon with bottles and sticks, NT Police said.
Sixteen youths in Katherine have been arrested and charged as part of NT Police Task Force Cerberus for 40 offences related to burglaries, stolen vehicles, and bail breaches as part of a three-day operation targeting property-related crime in the Katherine CBD, NT Police said.
A woman has died in a two-vehicle collision on the Stuart Highway, approximately 20 km north of Ti Tree on Thursday night, NT Police said.
A government armoury in Katherine has been robbed for the second time in three months, after four unknown people broke into the building in the industrial area in Katherine East on Saturday morning, stealing an undisclosed quantity of ammunition and damaging emergency services vehicles, NT Police said.
A woman has been charged after she allegedly stabbed another woman at the Palmerston bus interchange this morning, NT Police said.
A 55-year-old man has been charged for allegedly raping a female who fell asleep at his Malak residence on Saturday evening, NT Police said, with the female later escaping and seeking help from people in the area who called police.
Two 10-year-olds, an 11-year-old, and a 14-year-old were allegedly in a stolen car stopped by tyre spikes in Alice Springs, but officers also accidentally shredded the tyres of another car, NT Police said, which is not the first time the wrong car had its tyres slashed.
Two men, one of them armed with multiple ‘edged weapons’ stuffed down his pants, were arrested after a car chase through Palmerston and Darwin resulted in a Toyota Land Cruiser catching on fire early Saturday morning in the northern suburbs, NT Police said.
UPDATED: Fresh off an “inquiry” into questionable senior police appointments that found serious dysfunction in how senior officers are promoted, including that merit is not the over-arching principle, Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has appointed Martin Dole as the next NT Police Commissioner without going through a proper hiring process to seek the best candidates.
