11 Apr 2023

Auckland police investigating array of overnight burglaries

9:38 am on 11 April 2023
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File image. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

Police are investigating a slew of burglaries in Auckland overnight.

Officers were first called to a ram raid on Jean Batten Place in the city centre just after 2am this morning.

Police were then alerted to a suspect setting off an alarm in south Auckland's Papatoetoe, where a 26-year-old man was arrested.

Just before 3am, police responded to a smash and grab at a Clover Park dairy, where offenders stole cigarettes before fleeing.

At about 4.30pm, police responded to a ram raid on Bruce McLaren Road in West Auckland's Henderson, where stolen goods were found dumped nearby.