Northern Territory Police has charged a third person over the suspicious disappearance of Darwin man Tony Rowe in May last year.


Northern Territory Police has charged a third person over the suspicious disappearance of Darwin man Tony Rowe in May last year.

A woman who was stabbed approximately seven times in her chest and arms by her allegedly intoxicated partner in Tennant Creek overnight remains in hospital, the NT Independent understands.

NT Police have said they seized about 17kg of cannabis and 210 cannabis plants in a raid on a rural area property.

UPDATED: NT Police have arrested the latest escaped prisoner following a fresh manhunt, after apprehending two others who broke out of jail over the weekend.

A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection to the stabbing death of another man on Thursday afternoon outside the Todd Tavern in Alice Springs, police said.

The Fyles Government’s claim there are 230 more police than there were in 2016 is “disingenuous”, says the union representing police, while the real number of extra police officers is more likely 37, with police auxiliaries who do not perform police duties making up the rest of the figure.

UPDATED: Two men, 20-year-old Jamie Lauder and 23-year-old Justin Roberts, who escaped Holtze prison on Saturday were re-arrested Tuesday morning in Palmerston, NT Police said, but have still not explained why the public was not made aware of the jailbreak until Monday afternoon.

Joyrides in stolen vehicles and a spate of break-ins in Alice Springs over the weekend has resulted in the arrests of eight kids – two boys and six girls – aged between 12 and 17 in connection to two separate incidents, NT Police said.

The Fyles Government has advertised for the next police commissioner through a recruitment firm, after the controversial and early end to Jamie Chalker’s tenure as the top cop, with speculation the government already has its favourites lined up locally.

A 42-year-old man has been charged with drug trafficking in a remote East Arnhem community, after police seized more than $120,000 in cash as part of an investigation into the alleged drug operation.

UPDATE: A man has died after being stabbed outside the Todd Tavern in Alice Springs, NT Police have said.

A former Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation employee has been charged after allegedly using forged NT working with children clearance documents, sources have said.