What began as a road rage report, quickly took a turn into a man being charged with numerous burglaries.
Armed Police made an approach on a vehicle outside a motel in Avondale after 3.10pm on Thursday.
Auckland City West Area Commander, Inspector Alisse Robertson says the vehicle had been involved in a road rage incident a short time earlier.
¡°Concerningly, it was reported a firearm was presented at the other party in this incident.
¡°Our staff located this vehicle, approached it and arrested the driver.¡±
No firearm was located. However, Inspector Robertson says a stack of property in the vehicle caught officers¡¯ eyes.
¡°Our Tactical Crime Unit assisted frontline staff with searching the vehicle, and trying to identify whose property it was.
¡°There was a breakthrough in making contact with one victim, who had been burgled."
Police have established a number of homes had been burgled on the same street in Three Kings earlier in the day.
Inspector Robertson says: ¡°In one case, when Police called the victim they weren¡¯t aware they had been burgled yet.
¡°It was a fortunate phone call in that we could arrange for them to come to Avondale Police Station to get their belongings back on the same day.¡±
As for the man in Police custody, he has since been charged.
The 45-year-old man faces two charges of burglary, driving while disqualified, possession of drug utensils and vehicle conversion.?
Inspector Robertson says Police are opposing the man¡¯s bail at his appearance in the Auckland District Court.
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