Pub Raid Was Canterbury’s 10th Armed Robbery In 8 Weeks

Canterbury, more specifically Christchurch, is undergoing something of a serious crime wave at the moment with the news this morning that a pub was held-up by two men armed with a gun and a knife last night. The region is now averaging more than one violent armed robbery a week in commercial premises. Patrons at…

Third Armed Robbery In Orewa This Year

‘Sleepy’ little seaside town, Orewa, has just suffered its third armed robbery this year. Of course there may have been more than this. We’re just going on the news reports and, as you know, not everything gets reported these days. Creole’s Bar and Brasserie on the Hibiscus Coast highway (above) was robbed this morning by…

Another Armed Offenders Call Out In Auckland

It’s been a busy period for the Armed Offenders Squad. Three  days ago there was an armed robbery of a pub in Point Chev that led to an AOS stand off in the residential area of Flatbush, 20kms away. Then this morning they cordoned off roads and surrounded a house in Pakuranga Road, South Auckland.…

More details about that Armed Offenders Squad call out to a residential area in Flatbush, South Auckland have been released today (See yesterday’s blog Armed Robbery Sparks Armed Offenders Call Out) Apparently, the whole thing kicked-off with a shotgun hold-up at the Jokers Bar in Point Chevalier in Auckland. An alert member of the public…

Armed Robbery Sparks Armed Offenders Call Out In Flatbush

We’ve heard that an alleged armed robbery in Point Chevalier sparked off a Armed Offenders Squad call out to an address in Caserta Place, Flatbush, South Auckland. The entrance to Caserta Place According to 3News “The Armed Offenders Squad was called to a Manukau address today after police pursued a man fleeing an aggravated robbery.…