A woman allegedly stabbed a bouncer in the leg with scissors while being kicked out of a city bar, and then stabbed a woman twice in the head at the Darwin bus exchange, NT Police said.
Police union says interstate officers needed while extra police are recruited
The NT Police Association has said an extra 200 officers recruited over fours years is a good first step to improving policing, while some officers on sick leave had been “damaged” by the lack of resources provided by the government and executive and would never be coming back to work, which has also led to a need for more officers.
More charges laid as part of police operation into meth drug ring
Two women have been charged with the commercial supply of methamphetamine after the alleged seizure of 500 grams of the drug last week from a Darwin rural area property, NT Police said, as part of an ongoing operation into the meth trade in the Greater Darwin region.
Damning review into NT Police resourcing shows organisational failures over many years
The Lawler Government has released the long-awaited review into police resources, which made 18 recommendations to improve the NT Police force, following a decade of “deeply traumatic organisational events” that led to multiple organisational failures, including the inability to properly allocate its resources.
Alice Springs youth curfew extended for another six days
The Lawler Government has extended the Alice Springs youth curfew for another six days, after it was recommended in a meeting of the Territory Emergency Management Council yesterday.
Lawler Government stuffed up emergency declaration for Alice Springs; police union still concerned curfew not legal
Official documents have revealed the Lawler Government made an error concerning which ministry was supposed to declare the Alice Springs “emergency situation”, raising further questions about the legality of the youth curfew and whether police have been exposed to legal risk in carrying out the orders.
Four teens steal car, lead police on dangerous pursuit through northern suburbs
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.
Arrest over Katherine service station robbery
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.
South Australian police on way to Alice Springs despite Police Commissioner saying the NT has enough officers
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.
Major meth bust involving intercepted road train ends in three arrests
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.
Woman dies in city lagoon
A woman has died in Darwin’s Waterfront lagoon, it has been reported.
‘Tragic outcome’: Missing man’s body found in South Alligator River
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.