3 Sep 2022

Two people arrested after incident involving replica firearm

5:38 pm on 3 September 2022
The police Eagle helicopter.

Police Eagle helicopter. File photo. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas

A person has been arrested following an incident between the occupants of two vehicles in the Auckland suburb of Westmere.

The police say there was a report before 6am this morning that the people in one of the vehicles had a firearm.

The vehicle was spotted on the Southern Motorway mid-afternoon and was followed by the Eagle helicopter to Khyber Pass Road where a male and a female were taken into custody.

A replica firearm was found in the vehicle.

In a statement, police said enquiries into the incident were ongoing and no charges had been laid at this stage.