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Speaker 1: Now if you've just joined us. Krista and I were

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Speaker 1: property offenses across the Greater Darwin region a little earlier

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Speaker 1: this week now, we had a number of people get

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Speaker 1: in contact with us about stolen vehicles. We thought we

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Speaker 1: need to catch up with Strikeforce Trident Detective Senior Sergeant

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Speaker 1: Dale Mortebarna to find out what has gone on. He

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Speaker 1: joins me in the studio right now. Good morning, Dale, Good.

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Speaker 2: Morning Katie, Good morning to all your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Good to have you on now. Tell us it looks

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Speaker 1: like this all kicked off a bit earlier in the

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Speaker 1: week when there was a report of a group of

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Speaker 1: in the staff car park at the Darwin Airport.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so that was about eight point thirty pm there

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Speaker 2: on Wednesday night, and then from there it just didn't stop,

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Speaker 2: so they went on to steal another three vehicles, the

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Speaker 2: last of them being stolen at about five am in

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Speaker 2: Kola Linga and as of ten o'clock this morning, we've

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Speaker 2: now managed to arrest fifteen offenders in Bolton.

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Speaker 1: That's free fifteen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so fifteen offenders, the young youngest been eleven and

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Speaker 2: the oldest being twenty nine. The rest of them sort

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Speaker 2: of age between that thirteen and twenty year old group.

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Speaker 1: So fifteen people aged between eleven and twenty nine. Do

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Speaker 1: we know what area they were from?

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Speaker 2: With adal from the West Daily region, all from the.

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Speaker 1: West Daily region and so what came into town and

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Speaker 1: decided they wanted to allegedly steal some cars?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, unfortunately it's becoming a pretty common occurrence. But they've

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Speaker 2: all made their way into town via other means and

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Speaker 2: then when they're here, they've just decided to go on

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Speaker 2: a rampage trying to steal as many older model cars

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Speaker 2: as they possibly can. So, I mean we had four

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Speaker 1: Are there still specific models that people are going for

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Speaker 1: when it comes to these Carsdale?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, it's mainly the older model Toyotas. They would

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Speaker 2: prefer a full drive Toyota like a land Cruise, a Troopie,

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Speaker 2: an eighty series or one hundred series or the high

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Speaker 2: two will drive trade type utes. They will take them

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Speaker 2: as well. They're not fussy.

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Speaker 1: Look, there's a lot that's concerning about this. I mean

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Speaker 1: the fact that there's children as young as eleven years

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Speaker 1: That's a real worry from my perspective. Was it girls

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Speaker 1: and boys or all boys all males?

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Speaker 2: All males are all males. I mean, probably what's most

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Speaker 2: concerning about this is that with the last vehicle they stole,

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Speaker 2: it was a single cab, full drive ute, and they

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Speaker 2: had ten people in that. You had seven in the

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Speaker 1: In a single vehicle.

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Speaker 2: Use in a single cab, single cab. Ut sorry, that's

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Speaker 2: the one that went on to ram or successfully ram

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Speaker 2: one police vehicle and then and damage another four with

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Speaker 2: the occupants in the tray throwing projectiles at police vehicles.

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Speaker 1: So they were targeting the police vehicles. I thought I'd

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Speaker 1: read the dog operations unit at one point, was that y?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So essentially after they stole that view, we're already

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Speaker 2: We made our way out there, and sided that vehicle

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Speaker 2: So police basically set up in the area, trying not

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Speaker 1: What happened then in the end, how were you eventually

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Speaker 2: Well, we got five. So we got four from one

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Speaker 2: From there tracked a fairway along the railway lines and

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Speaker 2: They managed to arrest three, so two last night, one

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Speaker 2: you know, arrested the last two male offenders and Adelaide River.

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Speaker 1: There were any victims injured or was it? You know,

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Speaker 1: like talk us through what had happened with those victims.

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Speaker 2: Look, all of the cars that were stolen were stolen

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 2: But this morning we're investigating a link between an salt

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Speaker 2: So we believe the incidents are linked to the two

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Speaker 2: that we've just arrested, but we're still investigating. That's in

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Speaker 1: So in the end, four cars stolen, four car stolen,

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Speaker 1: four cars stolen, fifteen people arrested, aged between eleven and

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Speaker 1: twenty nine. Yep, and a hot like a from your words,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And like I said, it's it's far too common

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Speaker 2: till they've almost got a car each. And I think

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Speaker 2: if we hadn't a come out when we did at midnight,

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Speaker 2: that there would have been more cars to add to

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Speaker 1: How frustrating is it for the Northern Territory Police for

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Speaker 1: in these situations. How frustrating is it then when you've

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Speaker 1: coming to town with the very objective to steal vehicles.

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Speaker 2: Yeah they are. I mean they might come here for

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Speaker 2: but ultimately it always ends in this same sort of outcome.

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Speaker 2: They're here for a couple of days, and then while

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Speaker 2: want to leave and they leave in a soln car.

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Speaker 1: Were any of these offenders alleged defenders known to the police, Look.

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Speaker 2: The majority of them were known. The younger offenders, some

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Speaker 2: of them this is sort of first time offending. So

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Speaker 2: out of that group, there were four there that were

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Speaker 2: eligible for youth diversion, so they have since been their

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Speaker 2: files have been pushed across for assessment from our youth

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Speaker 2: diversion unit. The majority of the adults will known, not

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Speaker 2: all of them for this type of offending. But out

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Speaker 2: on bail and there were another two that were subject

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Speaker 1: Well, that's going to be incredibly frustrating to people listening

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Speaker 1: this morning, particularly you know, if you were a victim

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Speaker 1: sound like it's the only thing that you guys have

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Speaker 1: that you've been busy with either over the last twenty

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Speaker 1: four hours. My understanding is that you've made twenty earrets

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Speaker 1: in the last twenty four hours. Obviously fifteen of those

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Speaker 1: people in relation to that crime spree? What were the

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Speaker 1: other five in relation to.

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Speaker 2: Well look off significance. Half of the Trident team yesterday

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Speaker 2: also executed a search warrant in the rural area while

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Speaker 2: the other half were dealing with the overnight crime spree.

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Speaker 2: From that search warrant, they ended up recovering three stolen cars,

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Speaker 2: another to arrest there. So forty eight year old male

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Speaker 2: who was charged with all of the offending relating to

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Speaker 2: the property that was at the location, and a thirty

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Speaker 2: eight year old male who was arrested for breaching his bail. Okay,

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Speaker 2: whereabouts was that as a block and Daln River all right?

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Speaker 1: And they had that's the stolen property.

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Speaker 2: All that property was out there, so yeah, and.

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Speaker 1: So two arrests on that one. And then there was

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Speaker 2: Couple more on outstanding warrants, and then an adult female

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Speaker 2: who also had outstanding warrants but was using stolen credit

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Speaker 2: cards around the joint. So we've taken her into custody

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Speaker 2: as well.

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Speaker 1: Do you guys ever sleep?

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Speaker 2: It doesn't feel like it Katie, we have some massive

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Speaker 2: days in Trident, that's for sure.

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Speaker 1: It seems like you are so incredibly busy, and I

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Speaker 1: know the community is really grateful for it. Like I

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Speaker 1: that to some they may feel that a break and

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Speaker 1: entry or a car theft is not as as serious

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Speaker 1: on the scale of as some of the other offending.

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Speaker 1: But I mean you are then talking about a vehicle

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Speaker 1: being stolen, someone's pride and enjoyed their livelihood, their transportation

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Speaker 1: to get them around, then being driven at the police

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Speaker 1: in one instance as well. I mean, it's it is

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Speaker 1: the kind of behavior that people have had a gutfull off.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, I mean I think what's satisfying for us

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Speaker 2: work that goes into what we do. I mean, locking

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Speaker 2: all these people up it puts it does It puts

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Speaker 2: a massive dent in what goes on. I mean, as

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Speaker 2: of eight o'clock this morning, between six ams and a

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Speaker 2: and eight o'clock this morning, there were no break ins

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Speaker 2: recorded in the Darwin area overnight at all. And I

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Speaker 2: would say that that's a direct correlation to all the

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Speaker 2: people that we've been arresting.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's incredibly frustrating as well, in the sense that

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Speaker 1: you know, a group can decide that they're you know,

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Speaker 1: they're going to engage in this kind of behavior and

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Speaker 1: rek havoc on others. But then when you are able

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Speaker 1: to apprehend those people, I mean, the good thing about

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Speaker 1: that is it's, as you've said, it makes a huge

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Speaker 1: dent on the crime in which we're seeing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it's not a secret. It's the same people

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Speaker 2: doing the same stuff time and time again, and that's

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Speaker 2: certainly what we see when we're dealing with this. I mean,

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Speaker 2: there's always new people that come into them, but we

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Speaker 2: have the same core group of ringleaders that seem to

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Speaker 2: encourage everyone else into this offending. And when we take

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Speaker 2: them out of the equation, it slows things down massively.

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Speaker 1: I bet it does well. Strike Force Strident Detective Senior

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Speaker 1: Sergeant Dale Malte Barnard. We always appreciate your time, particularly

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Speaker 1: when it has been such a busy forty eight hours.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much for joining us in the studio

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Speaker 1: this morning.

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Speaker 2: Not a problem, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Thank you