1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Well throughout all the flood and the water situation and 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: everything that's been going on, you may not be aware 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: that there's been quite a bit of police news as well. 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: In fact, our police out and about on a few 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: occasions over the weekend with cars being stolen, property being stolen. 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: And joining me in the studio to tell us a 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: little bit more from Strikeforce Trident, it is the acting 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: Senior Sergeant Chris Humphries. Good morning to you, Chris. 9 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 2: Good morning Katy, and good morning you listeners. 10 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: Lovely to have you on the show. Now tell me 11 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: on the weekend, I understand well that there was a 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: few incidents happened, but one in particular with this car stolen. 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: Five offenders as I understand it, that were arrested, but 14 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: not after causing a bit of trouble around the place. 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, Katie, it all started early morning on the seventh, 16 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: which was Saturday. We're a Toyota Ford drive vehicle was 17 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 2: stolen from a business in Pielands. The offending group went 18 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: to a service station where there were shot on some 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: CCTV and later that morning the DAR and traffic units 20 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 2: located the vehicle in Molden and attempted to pursue it. 21 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: The vehicle started doing some doughnuts on an oval and 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: at one stage drove directly out of police vehicle. They 23 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 2: had to take avase of action by stopping. The vehicle 24 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 2: continued away and the pursuit was terminated and the vehicle 25 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 2: was later recovered. 26 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: Goodness me, so they've literally driven at the police or 27 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: tried tried to drive at offices. 28 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, and after that incident, you know they've they've left 29 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: the area. The pursuit was terminated, They dished the vehicle 30 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 2: and they weren't able to identify where the offenders went 31 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: that night. But then the next night, so around the 32 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 2: same time the next day, another stolen vehicle which was 33 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: which was stolen from Leena was seen driving around Leena. 34 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: Strike Force tried and were on duty and started to 35 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: pursue it. The vehicle ditched in a Yarawonga industrial area 36 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: and some offenders ran off into the bush. So cordon 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: was established with GDS, the dou or the Dog Ops 38 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: Unit and the Tradent members and three offenders were arrested there. 39 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 2: One was an adult eighteen year old and two fourteen 40 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: and fifteen year olds, and then through further inquiries later 41 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: that morning, tried and identified two other offenders and arrested them. 42 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: In the parmer scenario. They were fourteen and sixteen year olds. 43 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: Goodness, may like that is so incredibly dangerous that they're 44 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: all in a car together, not only to themselves but 45 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: then to the police and driving at offices. You know, 46 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: you're thinking to yourself, I know that there's one adult there, 47 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: but who knows what age the person was that was 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: driving that car. That is so dangerous, abhorrent behavior. 49 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: And obviously they're prosecuted to the extent we can prosecute them, 50 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 2: and it's just disgusting, honestly. 51 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: And so they've allso those was it five did you 52 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: say that have been arrested. 53 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: Now, five from that series of events, so three from 54 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 2: the vehicle the second night that we're also seen in 55 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 2: the vehicle the first night, and two extras that were 56 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 2: identified from the first offense. 57 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: And Chris, that's not the only thing that you know 58 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: that has happened over the weekend. Triedent out there will 59 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: basically search warrants with search warrants where a lot of 60 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: property has been recovered from various different victims. 61 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, so Katie, we've had some good wins for victims 62 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 2: in the last sort of three or four weeks with 63 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: a large volume of property being recovered. So there was 64 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: one earlier this week, but there was one probably about 65 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: three weeks ago where members were trying to arrest a 66 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 2: lady on a warrant at a CBD residence. She wasn't there, 67 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: but the tenant was there, and there was a bunch 68 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 2: of stolen property that they reported that was recovered from 69 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 2: that initial attendance they had It was what was it, 70 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: forty four sets of Khaki, sixty three bank and ID cards, 71 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: twelve handbags, seven laptops, twelve mobile phones, and over one 72 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: hundred people's personal mail. So it was a significant recovery 73 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 2: and a lot of that stuff, you know, and jewry 74 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: was returned to owners, which you know they were missing obviously, 75 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 2: some of it was quite personal that belonged to them. 76 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 1: Bloody hell. That's a huge amount being recovered. So was 77 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: that from how many properties was that from? 78 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: That was the first one they went to, and then 79 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: from information from that attendance led them to another property 80 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: in Coconut Grove where additional stolen property. Alleged defender who 81 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: was was located at the property and she was arrested 82 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 2: thirty six year old female and she was also allegedly 83 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 2: in possession of what police believe is cocaine, methamphetamine and cannabis. Wow, 84 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: so it was. 85 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: A bit of a So did police think, like, do 86 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: you believe that it was her who had stolen all 87 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,679 Speaker 1: of those items or is there a belief that maybe 88 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: she's getting other people to steal those items for her. 89 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: Well, we believe at this stage that she was the 90 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 2: one when she was arrested. She was also in possession 91 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: of a large stolen large quantity of stolen property, and 92 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 2: the room that she was in had all her personal 93 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 2: belongings in it. So there's a lot of factors that 94 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 2: indicate that it all is stemming from this person on 95 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 2: this occasion. 96 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, goodness may. 97 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: And then earlier this week the team executed a search 98 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: warrant at a Darwin, CBD with a drug squad and 99 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 2: they recovered a bunch of stolen keys, power tools, and 100 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 2: electric scooters. And efforts for the first job and this 101 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 2: job ongoing to identify all these victims. Some of them 102 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 2: have gone on holidays, some of them moved all sorts 103 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 2: of stuff. So for the first offense, I think twenty 104 00:05:58,440 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 2: one victims so far. 105 00:05:59,440 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: I mean. 106 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: In the second one, the tools were linked to break 107 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 2: ins that occurred at various business sites around the CBDP 108 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: and as a result of that one, a forty one 109 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 2: year old male was later arrested and allegedly it has 110 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: been charged with the alleged defending. Methamphetamine was also found 111 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 2: at the location. 112 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: So, Chris, do you reckon are you in a situation 113 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: now the police where you sort of want people to 114 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: come forward if they think their property has been stolen 115 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: and that you may have it. 116 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 2: Of course. Yeah. So for that first one, we actually 117 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 2: did a media release and a lot of people did 118 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 2: ring up awesome and they can still see that media 119 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 2: release on the police page if they recognize it's got 120 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 2: most of the property in those photos. There's a couple 121 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 2: of bits of missing, but most of that because it's 122 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: been returned already. But if they see their property, they 123 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: can contact police on the numbers and one through one 124 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 2: t to befour numbers provided on. 125 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: The almost yep perfect. 126 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 2: And from the more recent one there wasn't quite the volume, 127 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 2: So I think we are working towards identifying that the 128 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 2: people in that one, and it's a bit more a 129 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 2: bit more less volume, so it's a bit easier to 130 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 2: identify them. 131 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, fair enough. Tell you what, you guys have been busy, 132 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: but you've also been out there helping out at what 133 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: are as well, haven't you or a number of your 134 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: officers from Trident. 135 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, so last month, you know, it was the smallest 136 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 2: month of the year, but you know, we still did 137 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty four files, one hundred and one arrests, 138 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 2: six summons files, five youth diversion files and later two 139 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 2: hundred and nine charges in the Darwin local area. And 140 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: as well as that or interesting before before they say 141 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 2: this is nowadays, thirty nine percent of youths were arrests 142 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 2: from that month and sixty one percent adults. So that 143 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: is reverse to what it was about twelve months ago, 144 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 2: and so that is probably you know, we put that 145 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 2: down to maybe the youths are being locked up a 146 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: bit longer with his new bail laws, which is a 147 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: good outcome because that is consistent stat change. 148 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: For us and obviously means that there's lest victims as 149 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: a result of that. 150 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it just means that we can delve into 151 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 2: the ones that we didn't have the time for before. 152 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 2: So there's ones that you know, you more your shop 153 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 2: thefts and things like that. We're starting to be able 154 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 2: to sink our teeth into in our when we can. 155 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: That's good. 156 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: So that's really good. But in the middle of all that, 157 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: we did deployed six members to Whatever along with two 158 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 2: Catherine CRB members, and while the team were out there, 159 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 2: they investigated a large volume of the offending from the 160 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 2: riots that happened out there, just to assist the local 161 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: members who were swamped. As a result of the investigations 162 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: tried and these Catherine members conducted, thirty nine arrests were 163 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 2: made and forty six prosecution files were submitted, and prior 164 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 2: to leaving, the team completed fifteen extra prosecution files to 165 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 2: assist the local team going forward so they can as 166 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 2: they come across these offenders, they can arrest them. So 167 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: a lot of the volume of that paperwork and investigation 168 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: is done to take the press sure of them. So 169 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: it was a credit to the team really to be 170 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 2: digging deep and doing always arrest locally here and also 171 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: going out there and sitting with those guys. 172 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: Well, it sounds like they've been really busy, and I 173 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: know that if you were the victim of one of 174 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: those crimes. You'd be really appreciative that the Trident crew 175 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: has been out there to help out. Well. Acting Senior 176 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: Sergeant Chris Humphries from Strikeforce triedent really appreciate your time 177 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: this morning. Thanks so much for coming in and having 178 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: a chat. 179 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 2: Always a pleasure. Katie, thanks a lot and have a 180 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 2: great day you too. 181 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: Thank you.