Five people face charges after Police intercepted a convoy of stolen vehicles travelling through Dargaville.
In the early hours of Sunday, a burglary occurred at a rural address near Mamaranui.
Whang¨¡rei-Kaipara Area Commander, Inspector Maria Nordstrom says three vehicles were stolen from the address at around 1am.
¡°These vehicles travelled in convoy south and into the Dargaville township, where one of our frontline staff members located them,¡± she says.
¡°All three vehicles failed to stop for the unit near River Road, before beginning to drive at excessive speeds.¡±
Police did not pursue the vehicles.
¡°Police soon came across one of these vehicles which had collided with a house on River Road, and the driver was attempting to run on foot before being apprehended by police.¡±
A second vehicle was located abandoned on State Highway 12 near Turiwiri.
¡°The third stolen vehicle carried on travelling south, where spikes were successfully deployed near P¨±hoi,¡± Inspector Nordstrom says.
¡°Thanks to assistance from the Police Eagle helicopter and dog units, all four remaining offenders were quickly arrested.¡±
All five offenders have been charged with burglary and multiple counts of unlawfully taking a motor vehicle.
Those arrested are aged between 14 and 16.
¡°I¡¯d like to acknowledge the work of our Dargaville nightshift team who saw this matter to its conclusion holding all those offenders to account.¡±
ENDS.
Jarred Williamson/51½ÖÉä