A 19-year-old has been charged following Police investigations into two separate aggravated robberies where workers were assaulted.
Detective Inspector Karen Bright, from Counties Manukau CIB, says Police were called to a store on Manuroa Road at about 9.45pm on 14 July following a report of three people entering the store and allegedly assaulting the shop assistant before taking a number of items and fleeing in a vehicle.
¡°The victim was uninjured, but understandably distressed.¡±
Police have also been making enquiries following an aggravated robbery in Walter Stevens Drive, Confier Grove on 26 July.
¡°A group of offenders have entered the store, assaulted the shopkeeper, before fleeing in a vehicle with property stolen from the premises.
¡°Police have been working tirelessly to identify and locate those responsible and this week executed a number of search warrants in the Papakura are and took one person into custody,¡± she says.
¡°We understand how distressing incidents like these can be for victims and we hope arrests like this can provide reassurance to both the victims and the community.
¡°This type of violent behaviour is unacceptable and will not be tolerated and we will continue to hold these offenders to account.¡±
Detective Inspector Bright says Police enquiries remain ongoing.
A 19-year-old has been remanded in custody and will appear in Manukau District Court on 6 August charged with two counts of aggravated robbery and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle.
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