A 14-year-old girl who was taken into protective custody after police observed her allegedly chroming and under the influence of a substance at the Hibiscus shopping centre on Sunday morning, allegedly bit a female officer, piercing her skin on the wrist and finger, NT Police said.

General duties officers were conducting patrols at the Vanderlin Drive shopping centre around 10:15am Sunday morning when they observed the girl appearing to be chroming and under the influence.

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