The NT Police executive have sacked a 52-year-old recruit constable for allegedly making “racist remarks”, while a number of senior officers accused of holding annual racist awards and lying to the Coroner about them, remain in their roles with no action being taken.
The NT Police have struck a blow to the Mongrel Mob in the NT after arresting and charging six members for suspected drug trafficking, as part of a “national week of action” against outlaw motorcycle gangs, with police alleging the Mongrels were distributing illicit substances in remote NT communities.
A man was stabbed multiple times in his leg and body following a fight which broke out in a car in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman in a Palmerston street during the afternoon, with the man allegedly on the run since last Thursday, NT Police said.
A fatal crash on an access road near Papunya on Friday afternoon involving two vehicles carrying 10 people, including five children, has left one person dead, NT Police said.
A police officer has been charged with aggravated assault and has been suspended with pay, NT Police said.
Police are looking a man who robbed a woman in a Coconut Grove street after chasing her with an “edged weapon”, and who later stole her car, NT Police said.
Police broke up a fight involving about 20 people on an Anula Street on Tuesday night, some of whom were armed with machetes, and one with a rife, while one man has been charged as a result, NT Police said.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has been forced to issue another “apology”, this time to the owners of Bojangles Saloon in Alice Springs, for publicly claiming the owners breached responsible service of alcohol laws, which was incorrect and led to the bar having its licence suspended for two days.
A spate of stolen cars and property damage in Alice Springs last week has led to officers from Darwin and other areas deployed to Central Australia as part of “Operation Archer”, which has recovered multiple vehicles and seen youths arrested, while one officer broke his ankle chasing suspects.
NT Police are seeking the public’s assistance in connection to an alleged assault against two men that occurred in Katherine early Saturday morning, where a ute reportedly attempted to run one of the men down in a park after the other man was knocked unconscious.
A man has been charged after allegedly smashing a woman in the face with a glass bottle in Tennant Creek, and then assaulting police officers, NT Police said.
