The rise in violent crime in New Zealand continues unabated today with three more armed hold-ups. The first was at the Balance Street Village pharmacy in Gisborne at 8pm yesterday by a man with a handgun who escaped with a quantity of drugs. The second was at the BNZ bank on Ti Rakau Drive, Manukau…
Armed robberies are not isolated incidents in New Zealand. In 2008 there was a total of 1,160 recorded aggravated robberies, of those 163 were firearm related and 223 used a stabbing or cutting weapon (source NZ statistics). Below is a list (highlighted to show whether a firearm or other weapon was used) of armed robberies…
Armed robberies are not isolated incidents in New Zealand. In 2008 there was a total of 1,160 recorded aggravated robberies, of those 163 were firearm related and 223 used a stabbing or cutting weapon (source NZ statistics). Below is a list (highlighted to show whether a firearm or other weapon was used) of armed robberies…
The most recent armed robbery was at 7am on 30 June 2009 when 2 Armourguard security men delivering cash outside of ANZ Bank, Heretaunga Street East, Hastings, were held up by two men with a pistol. View Larger Map The day before the Kiwibank in Fielding was held up at gunpoint by a robber who’d…
Two ASB banks have been robbed in Auckland in the last two days, both by thieves brandishing firearms. The first was at 4.20pm on Friday at the Blockhouse Bay branch View Larger Map And the second at the ASB at Westfield St Lukes at 9am today View Larger Map Significant amounts of cash were taken…
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