Palmerston North Armed Robbery

There has been another hold-up in Palmerston North and a major police operation was launched to arrest three men after an armed robbery in a dairy. The Dom Post told us this much: “Three men have been arrested after an apparent dairy robbery in Palmerston North led to a high-speed chase along State Highway 57…

Armed Robberies ‘Reach Historic Level’

For a long time now we’ve been highlighting the alarming increase in the number of armed robberies in New Zealand, at one stage we made the comment that it must be the fastest growing occupation in the country (see Clendon Armed Robbery, a family business and Gunman threatens bank customers) Last week’s violent robbery of…

Clendon Armed Robbery

A few days ago we said that armed robbery must be the fastest growing occupation after staff and customers were threatened at gun point by two men in the ASB Bank in Grey Lynn. Today five more people decided to make a career move. Three of them robbed security guards as they were attending to…

Local Shop Robbed By Pistol Wielding Youths

The Pricecutter in Bridge Street, Huntly was robbed last night by three bandanna wearing youths brandishing pistols and an iron bar. Various news organisations are running the story today (link link) The robbery took place at around 7:45pm and it looks like a quantity of cash was taken. Police arrested two 18 year old and…