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Lloyd Jones

Drop in territory offences put down to crime crackdown

A 'zero-tolerance' approach has been hailed as a success amid falling crime rates in the Top End. ((A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

Big reductions in offending have been recorded in a crime-troubled territory, with the region's chief minister saying a law-and-order crackdown is starting to deliver. 

The Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party government said tougher bail laws, the recruitment of more police and prison guards and other anti-crime measures were working.

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