Four people Four people have been arrested by T¨¡maki Makaurau Police after allegedly breaking into a New Lynn petrol station and fleeing from Police.
°Â²¹¾±³Ù±ð³¾²¹³Ù¨¡ West Area Commander, Inspector Jason Edwards, says Police were called just before 4am on Sunday.
¡°We were notified that a group of alleged offenders had broken into a petrol station on Great North Road and stolen the cash register.
¡°This group then fled in a vehicle, heading towards Blockhouse Bay,¡± he says.
The Police Eagle helicopter soon deployed to the area, and located the vehicle in Avondale, tracking it along to the Southwestern Motorway (SH 20) towards M¨¡ngere.
¡°Eagle kept ground units apprised of the vehicle¡¯s direction of travel and they were soon able to locate it and follow it as it travelled along the Southwestern into Manurewa.
¡°The driver failed to stop when signalled to do so by Police and fled, driving on to the wrong side of motorway into oncoming traffic.
¡°The vehicle eventually exited the motorway onto Roscommon Road, where road spikes were successfully deployed,¡± Inspector Jason Edwards says.
This brought the car to a safe stop in Browns Road just after 5am and four people were taken into custody.
An 18-year-old man is scheduled to appear in the Manukau District Court tomorrow 12 June charged with burglary and unlawfully getting into a motor vehicle and breach of bail.
A 23-year-old man is scheduled to appear in the Wait¨¡kere District Court on 28 August charged with burglary and unlawfully getting into a motor vehicle. This man also had an active warrant to arrest.
Two youths aged 13 and 14 have been referred to Youth Aid.
¡°Police from right across T¨¡maki Makaurau will continue to respond to this offending as it is taking place, utilising a range of resource to ensure we can locate and hold offenders to account.¡±
ENDS.
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