NT Fire and Rescue crews had their hands full dealing with multiple fires in Tennant Creek on Sunday, including fires on the football oval allegedly started by children “with fuel”, NT Fire and Emergency Services said, amid extreme fire conditions in the region.
A ‘safe house’ for alleged drug dealers on a quiet street in a Darwin northern suburb was at the centre of a massive drug bust involving the seizure of a huge haul of meth, cocaine and cannabis, tens of thousands in cash and several prohibited firearms, including a pistol with a silencer, NT Police said.
Police officers ended an estimated 40-second pursuit of a suspicious ute in Darwin city last week for “safety reasons” four to five seconds before it ran through a red light and hit a taxi, injuring passengers in the car, NT Police said.
Disgraced former NT police commissioner Michael Murphy has been appointed deputy chief executive of the Royal Flying Doctor Service SA/NT, with the organisation praising his “principled leadership” and “strong commitment to public trust”, despite a corruption watchdog report earlier this year finding he was “incompetent” and “negligent” and created a substantial detriment to the public interest by hiring a mate as assistant commissioner.
A brief of evidence into the death of Aboriginal man Kumanjayi White at the hands of Alice Springs police has been provided to the Director of Public Prosecutions to determine if charges should be laid, Police Commissioner Martin Dole has said, while police refused to say how Mr White died despite the autopsy report now completed.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly spraying two nightclub bouncers with OC spray in Darwin’s CBD overnight, NT Police said, which has happened within the first month of a Finocchiaro Government trial on its sale to the public.
Police are looking for a teenage boy after a teenage girl was flown to Royal Darwin Hospital following her finger being severed during an alleged assault in Galiwinku on Thursday afternoon, NT Police said.
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested and charged after allegedly swinging a knife at another student during an altercation at Katherine High School, NT Police said.
A 46-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly inflicting head injuries on a female family member in Palmerston yesterday, NT Police said.
A man has been arrested after his partner died after being found unresponsive in the front yard of their Palmerston home overnight, NT Police said.
Two women were taken to hospital with head injuries following a “large disturbance” in Tennant Creek Sunday afternoon, that involved some members of the crowd armed with “various weapons”, NT Police said, with investigations continuing and no arrests made yet.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly throwing an unknown object at a truck on the Katherine River Bridge on Thursday, NT Police said.
