Police rammed a car and shot out a tyre to stop a wanted man who then doused himself in fuel before being pulled out of the vehicle in an operation involving up to 40 officers.
Assistant Commissioner Peter Malley said a 33-year-old man wanted for a breach of parole was being tracked in Darwin on Wednesday when the incident occurred at Rapid Creek.
"He's a guy who has a very violent history. We know him very well," he told reporters.
