20 Apr 2023

Armed police search Rangiora property in homicide inquiry

10:57 am on 20 April 2023
Police at Rangiora property linked to missing man Richard Leman

File photo. Police at the Tyler Street property where the man's body was found on Monday. Photo: Stuff

Armed police have raided a Rangiora property a block away from where the body of a man was found.

Officers were called to an abandoned house on Tyler Street, in Rangiora, about 7.40pm on Monday where the body was found in a vehicle.

A spokesperson said police were carrying out a search at an Andrew Street property, alongside the Armed Offenders Squad.

Police were also appealing for sightings of a white Nissan linked to the suspected homicide in the north Canterbury town.

Police want to hear from anyone who saw a 2000s model white Nissan Fuga between Monday, 10 April and Monday, 17 April.

Police investigating a suspected homicide in Rangiora appealed for sightings of a 2000s-model white Nissan Fuga, similar to the one pictured.

Police asked for sightings of a 2000s-model white Nissan Fuga similar to the one pictured. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police