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Operation Benta – Update

Northern Territory Police are continuing to work with the elders at Anugurugu and Umbakumba as the Groote Eylandt communities return to normal following last week’s disturbances in which two men were killed.

Escape Custody – Nhulunbuy – Update 1

Northern Territory Police have intensified their search for a prisoner who is reported to have absconded from the Correctional Services work camp in Nhulunbuy overnight.

Operation Benta – Further Arrests

Northern Territory Police have made a further three arrests on Groote Eylandt following the deaths of two young men last Friday.

Speed Camera Unit De-identification

As of tomorrow, spotting a speed camera van in the Territory is about to become very difficult. All Northern Territory Police mobile speed camera vehicles will have Police markings removed and all speed camera activity will now be undertaken covertly.

Escape Custody – Nhulunbuy

Northern Territory Police are searching for a prisoner who is reported to have absconded from the Correctional Services work camp in Nhulunbuy overnight.

Missing Person – Nhulunbuy – Update

NT Police continue their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Queensland man who went missing in a remote area of Arnhem Land near the Gurrumurru Floodplain late last week.

Operation Benta – Arrests

Northern Territory Police have arrested seven people following the death of two young men during Friday’s disturbances in the Groote Eylandt township of Angurugu.

Ghost Net Retrieved – Warruwi

Water Police in conjunction with Warruwi Police and local Indigenous Sea Rangers conducted an operation on Saturday 7 November 2015 to remove a large commercial fishing net.

Lock It or Lose it Tennant Creek

NT Police would like to remind members of the public to secure their property following a number of unlawful entries and thefts in Tennant Creek recently.