Four males allegedly stole a car after breaking into a Darwin CBD residence over the weekend, leading police on a dangerous pursuit through the northern suburbs before a tyre deflation device was used to end the chase in Anula, but which then forced police to pursue the offenders on foot, NT Police said.
A 13-year-old has been charged for allegedly being one of a group of six youths who used rocks to hit the front sliding doors of a Katherine service station and then pushed the doors off the rails, before stealing some items, NT Police said.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has had to ask South Australia to send police to Alice Springs because some kids from the APY lands who were “not aware of the curfew” were in town, the Police Minister has claimed amid differing reasons for the reinforcements, but said it had nothing to do with the riots in the streets last week which led to an “emergency situation” declared and youth curfew.
Three people are facing multiple charges following a months-long police investigation into the supply of methamphetamine throughout the Darwin, Palmerston and rural areas, police said.
A woman has died in Darwin’s Waterfront lagoon, it has been reported.
A search of the South Alligator River after an unmanned tinny was discovered near the boat ramp yesterday has ended with the recovery of a 64-year-old’s body, NT Police said.
A Trower Road business was targeted by two young females who threatened staff with a “blunt weapon” overnight and allegedly robbed the store before being caught nearby, NT Police said.
A police officer suffered a fractured leg during a riot of 14 young people at the Don Dale youth detention centre overnight Wednesday, as inmates reportedly lit fires in different areas and climbed on to a roof where six of them remained until after 9am this morning.
UPDATED: Emergency services have responded to a “disturbance” at the Don Dale youth prison, with firefighters having to extinguish a fire in one of the buildings, NT Police said.
An unmanned tinny discovered near the boat ramp at South Alligator River on Wednesday with its owner unaccounted for has led to a “thorough sweep” of the river with specialised equipment, NT Police said late last night.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler has pledged to recruit 200 new police officers over the next four years, despite the Labor Government telling Territorians for years that there were enough officers, and announcing the figure before the review into police resources is publicly released.
The owners of the now closed Little Miss Korea restaurant have been fined $12,000 in the Darwin Local Court for operating unsafe gas appliances and putting their patrons health and safety at risk, NT Worksafe has said.
