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Auckland City

Auckland Police make arrests over commercial burglaries

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Police in Auckland City have made arrests for burglaries at commercial businesses over the weekend.

Early on Sunday, after 4am, a vehicle was used to gain entry to a liquor shop on Great North Road in Grey Lynn.

The offenders took stock from inside the store before fleeing in a vehicle.

A Police unit located this vehicle abandoned in the nearby area, and thanks to the brilliant work of our camera operators they identified a further vehicle of interest.

Enquiries led Police to Te Atat¨± in west Auckland. With assistance of Eagle, ground staff were directed to a street where the vehicle

Both occupants attempted to flee the area, but the 16- and 17-year-olds were taken into custody.

Meanwhile, in east Auckland, Police responded to a burglary at a commercial building on Cain Road in Penrose just before 3am today.

A Police Delta unit attended and disturbed the two offenders in the act. Both fled on foot, with a 36-year-old man arrested nearby.

Police have since located numerous items stolen from various commercial burglaries in the offenders¡¯ vehicle.

Enquiries remain ongoing to locate the second offender from this morning¡¯s burglaries.

Offenders in these burglaries will now face court proceedings for those incidents.

Police acknowledge the great work by the various teams involved in responding to each incident.

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Jarred Williamson/51½ÖÉä