Please attribute to Senior Constable Russ Smith, Marlborough Prevention
Police are seeking information following two vehicle thefts in Kaikoura and Taimate overnight.
Police received a report that a crashed vehicle had been found abandoned and on fire on SH1 between Seddon and Ward around 5:15am today.
Police and Fire and Emergency NZ attended and the fire was extinguished.
Nobody was located with the vehicle.
Enquiries have determined that the vehicle, a 1994 white Honda Civic with the registration ABN965, had been recently stolen from Kaikoura.
Also this morning a Taimate resident has reported that their vehicle, a 1988 white Toyota Hilux, with the registration WQ9123 had been stolen from their property overnight.
The vehicle was fitted with bull bars and an aluminium crate and also contained a 30-30 Winchester rifle and ammunition.
Police would like to hear from anyone who may have seen either vehicle – which are similar to those pictured - around the Kaikoura, Ward or Seddon areas overnight or this morning.
They can contact Police on 105, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Issued by Police Media Centre
