{"id":854447,"date":"2026-06-09T05:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/854447\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T05:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:57:24","slug":"seven-arrested-as-manhunt-for-escaped-bikie-continues-across-greater-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/854447\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven arrested as manhunt for escaped bikie continues across Greater Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Seven people have been arrested as the manhunt continues for a Top End Mongols bikie who scaled an enclosed courthouse dock and escaped from custody last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Northern Territory Police said Brandt Graham was under the watch of G4S security guards when he <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-06-05\/nt-police-manhunt-brandt-graham-escape-from-darwin-local-court\/106764576\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106764576\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fled from Darwin Local Court on Friday morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A mugshot of a man with brown hair wearing a serious facial expression.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/614d5f1f3d72bcde427abcc686d9fe89.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police are continuing to look for \u00a0manhunt for Brandt Graham. (Supplied: NT Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The ABC&#8217;s CCTV footage captured the 44-year-old sprinting out of the courthouse entrance and running down Cavenagh Street in the city&#8217;s CBD, with two privately contracted security guards chasing him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a statement, NT Police said the Fugitive Taskforce &#8220;tracked&#8221; Mr Graham to multiple locations across Darwin &#8220;where he is believed to have actively evaded police with the assistance of known associates&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Since his escape last week, seven people known to the bikie have been arrested over outstanding warrants, breach of bail and drug-related offences.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man in a green top running across a road, away from a court building, in a CBD. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/254e4b3616cf435cd3fcdf3a135b87f0.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">CCTV captures Brandt Graham running from the Darwin Local Court. (ABC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A 25-year-old woman remains in custody and is accused of helping Mr Graham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It remains unclear if the six others have been released without charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Detective Sergeant Tim Healey said authorities remain &#8220;determined&#8221; to find Mr Graham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Information provided by members of the public has enabled investigators to continue following every lead, and we will find Mr Graham,&#8221; Sergeant Healey said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A uniformed police officer standing next to an NT Police caged vehicle, parked in a residential street.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/efc914b309cde932aa84c67ed4500add.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">NT Police searching the streets of Darwin following the escape. (ABC News: Dane Hirst)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We are warning anyone who is assisting Graham to evade police to stop immediately.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"EmphasisedText_quote__TE6kn\"><p>&#8220;If you choose to help him avoid arrest, you can expect to be identified, investigated and prosecuted.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Court documents previously obtained by the ABC reveal Mr Graham is a patched member of the outlaw motorcycle gang, the Mongols.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">At the time, Mr Graham was applying for bail over drugs and weapons charges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man with tattoos on his hand wears a serious facial expression.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/875c4adcc4f9cc0c43c4d7bcf8d71b0f.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A police manhunt is under way after 44-year-old Brandt Graham. (Source: Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police believe he remains in the Greater Darwin region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Graham is described as being Caucasian in appearance and approximately 185 centimetres tall with a medium build, long brown hair and a short beard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He also as a tattoo on his left wrist and was last seen wearing a dark-coloured T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Anyone who sees the man or has information about where he may be is urged not to approach him and to call triple-zero (000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven people have been arrested as the manhunt continues for a Top End Mongols bikie who scaled an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":854448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,348844,197758,88104,56183,348845,50,215538,37728,141493],"class_list":["post-854447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-australia","tag-brandt-graham","tag-darwin-local-court","tag-escaped-prisoner","tag-fugitive","tag-mongols-motorcycle-club","tag-news","tag-northern-territory-police","tag-nt-police","tag-police-manhunt"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116718617781063577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}