Hatchets allegedly stolen during Bunnings break-in
A MAN has narrowly avoided injury after a group of men allegedly attacked him with a stolen hatchet in a bid to steal his car on Saturday morning.
An NT Police spokesman said a group of five men allegedly broke in to the Bunnings Warehouse on Bagot Rd early on Saturday, stealing “tools and edged weapons”.
The Sunday Territorian understands the edged weapons to be hatchets, one of which was later allegedly thrown at a man in an attempt to steal his car in Winnellie soon after 6am.
The man was uninjured and the group then fled.
The spokesman said the alleged “offenders were disturbed by an occupant, with one of the offenders throwing an edged weapon towards the occupant, missing him”.
The spokesman said the bulk of the stolen goods were recovered in bushland near the Bunnings outlet and a 23-year-old man had since been arrested, with charges expected to be laid on Saturday. The four other men allegedly involved in the burglary are still being sought.
Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Bland said police were currently searching for the remaining four male (alleged) offenders involved in the incidents.
“Investigations are ongoing and we are confident we will have further arrests in the coming days,” Sergeant Bland said.