18 Jul 2012 9:12am News:
National News

Police hammer cannabis growers and dealers

Police have seized and destroyed more than 130,000 cannabis plants and over 280 kgs of dried cannabis in a six month long, nationwide operation targeting cannabis growers and dealers. Detective... More

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17 Jul 2012 1:46pm News:
Bay of Plenty

Police make arrests for French tourist robbery

Western Bay of Plenty Police have charged two men in relation to the robbery of two French tourists in the Western Bay of Plenty on Saturday, 7 July, 2012. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner said... More

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17 Jul 2012 1:04pm News:
Central

Police make arrest in Whanganui baby death

Today police in Whanganui made an arrest following the death of two-month-old Hinekawa TOPIA on 12 January 2012. A 29-year-old Whanganui man will appear in the Whanganui District Court today (Tuesday... More

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17 Jul 2012 12:38pm News:
Bay of Plenty

Police name fatal crash victim

Police can now name the man killed in a fatal road crash in Ngongotaha, Rotorua, at the weekend as Jason Mark Tu McCauley, aged 38 from Whakatane. Mr McCauley was riding a motorcycle south on... More

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17 Jul 2012 10:03am News:
National News

Police to renew public appeal for 1976 homicide

The death of a security guard who was shot and killed during a Rotorua bank robbery in the 70s is being re-investigated by Police. An ANZ banking facility on Old Taupo Road, Rotorua, was first... More

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16 Jul 2012 5:03pm News:
National News

Agreement signed to combat transnational crime

New Zealand Police and the Royal Thai Police are making a joint effort to enhance cooperation in the fight against transnational crime. An arrangement between Royal Thai Police and the New Zealand... More

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15 Jul 2012 12:07pm News:
Bay of Plenty

Police appeal for witnesses to aggravated robbery

At approximately 12.20pm on Saturday, 14 July 2012 the Mitchell Downs Tavern, Goldie Street, Rotorua was the subject of an aggravated robbery. A staff member at the Tavern was threatened by two... More

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13 Jul 2012 5:27pm News:
National News

Update; Police withdrawl of charges from Waikato pedestrian fatality

13 July 2012 Embargoed until 19.30hrs Friday 13 July 2013 Having met with the extended family of a man killed in a pedestrian accident on a rural Waikato road earlier this year, Waikato Police say... More

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13 Jul 2012 3:49pm News:
National News

Wairarapa Police execute warrants in search for stolen firearms

Police investigating the theft of firearms from a property in Masterton have executed a number of warrants in Masterton and Carterton today. Wairarapa Police searched properties at High Street in... More

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