Acting Assistant Commissioner James O’Brien has shed light on recidivism in the NT saying 35 youth out of 376 young offenders were arrested five or more times over 9 months from July last year.

He told Katie Woolf the group of 35 were arrested a total of 221 times and charged with 1,785 offences.

Acting A/C O’Brien says extra officers have been deployed to Wadeye with road blocks in place to crack down on alcohol being brought into the community.

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