Northern Territory Police are calling for information after a robbery and arson incident in Katherine earlier today.

At 1:10pm, Police received reports an unknown man allegedly entered a service station on the Victoria Highway, Katherine South, set fire to the inside of the service station and fled the scene in a Toyota Hi-Lux with no registration plates.

An employee has extinguished the fire prior to the arrival of emergency services.

CCTV depicts the offender as an adult male, who used a balaclava to obscure his identity.  The male was driving a single cab, two wheel drive white Toyota Hi-Lux, with a rusted flatbed tray, damage to the driver’s side door, including a missing wing mirror and door handle. The vehicle was last seen traveling west on the Victoria Highway. 

Detectives from the Katherine Criminal Investigation Branch are investigating the incident.  Police are urging anyone with information to make contact on 131 444 and quote reference 10328228.