A man was allegedly attacked and robbed by three people as he was getting into a car in the Darwin CBD overnight while a police officer was hit in the face during their arrests, NT Police said.

Police director of communications Mark Wilton said in a statement that about 1:45am Thursday, a man was about to get into a vehicle outside a park on Mitchell Street in Darwin city when he was allegedly attacked by two women and a man.

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