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Otaki teenager arrested over double ram raid at local business

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An Otaki teenager has been arrested after two ram raids at the same business.

Police carried out a search warrant on Friday.

A 17-year-old male was arrested and faced two charges of burglary.

The charges related to two ram raids at the same commercial premises, first in November and again on 13 December.

"A number of items taken in the burglaries were located at the address during the warrant, along with a substantial number of cannabis plants, which have been seized," police said.

They were continuing to investigate and were not ruling out further arrests.

The teenager was due to appear in Levin Youth Court on Tuesday.

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