Sunday, 23 August 2015 - 4:56am |
Southern

Incident at shearers' quarters in Milton

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At  approx 1am on the 23rd  August 2015 police were advised of an incident at a shearers quarters in Arthur Street,  Milton.

Multiple calls were received that a murder had occurred along with stabbing incidents.

An ambulance was put on standby and police from Balclutha, Milton and Mosgiel responded along with a dog team from Dunedin.

Armed police entered the property to find no one was seriously injured and the offenders had decamped.

Police confirmed that some occupants of the quarters had been assaulted and threatened with knives and a baseball bat.

A number of windows had been smashed there and a vehicle at the property damaged.  

Police arrested a  31 year old man at another Milton address soon after in relation to the incidents.   He will be appearing in Dunedin District Court on a number of charges.

A second Milton man known to Police is being sought.

 

ENDS

Released by Senior Seregeant Darryl Lennane, Southern Police