The Northern Territory Police Force arrested three people in relation to assaulting police while attending an unrelated incident in Malak last night.

About 6:30pm, Casuarina General Duties police attended a residence in Malak in relation to an ongoing investigation. A group of people were gathered and police initiated enquiries and removed drug paraphernalia from the scene.

A 16-year-old male allegedly attempted to regain possession of the drug paraphernalia and was placed under arrest after he disregarded police directions. The youth resisted arrest and assaulted an officer by biting him. A 48-year-old male and a 55-year-old female from the group then allegedly assaulted the attending police whilst they were affecting the youth’s arrest. Additional police attended the scene, and all three alleged offenders were apprehended.

As a result, one police member had to attend Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) for treatment, while another member received minor injuries.

The male youth was later charged with two counts of assault police, resist police and furnish false name to a police officer.

The adult male and adult female were both charged with assault police.

All three offenders will appear in Court today.

Acting Senior Sergeant Christopher Humphries said “No one deserves to be assaulted in their line of work no matter the job.

“This behaviour will not be tolerated, and police will arrest those who choose to put the safety of our officers at risk.”