Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Saunders:
Police investigating the aggravated robbery incident at Michael Hill Jewellers, The Base, Hamilton on Sunday 25 September would like to hear from anyone who has information that could assist with enquiries.
On Monday 26 September, a 16-year-old man was arrested and charged in relation to the incident. He appeared in the Auckland Youth Court on Tuesday 27 September.
Enquiries are ongoing to identify the other people involved in the incident and to recover the property stolen.
Police would like to hear from anyone who saw a vehicle connected to the incident. The silver station wagon (similar to the one pictured) was located abandoned soon after the incident, on Maui Street, just south of McKee Street.
Please contact Police if you saw a suspicious vehicle in the Maui Street area between 11am and 12 noon on Sunday 25 September, or you have dash camera or CCTV footage of Maui Street at that time that could assist with Police enquiries.
Please call our 105 phone service or go online at https://www.police.govt.nz/use-105 using ‘Update My Report’, and reference file number 220925/6221.
Information can also be provided via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
Alongside the investigation into the aggravated robbery at The Base, Police are continuing to investigate a burglary and a cowardly assault on a security guard at a Chartwell retail complex, which also took place on Sunday 25 September.
The investigation team is making good progress on enquiries into this incident, including whether there is any connection with the aggravated robbery at The Base.
Anyone with information that could assist enquiries into the Chartwell incident is asked to contact Police and quote file number 220925/5685.
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Issued by Police Media Centre.
