Police are investigating a local ram-raid following an incident early this morning.
It follows a separate ram-raid on the North Shore about an hour earlier.
A police spokesperson said a ram-raid took place at a superette on Botany Road in Howick, shortly before 5am.
“A car was found abandoned at the scene. A second car, believed to have also been used by the offender/s, was located on fire in Otara.”
Enquiries are under way to identify and locate the offenders.
Meanwhile, police have arrested six youths following a ram-raid at a superette on Beach Road in Rothesay Bay this morning.
Police staff in the Eagle helicopter, who were searching for an unrelated vehicle, observed a car speeding away from the ram-raid at 3.55am today.
“Eagle followed the car and provided location details to responding police units on the ground, who stopped the car on Mayoral Drive,” police said.
Six youths, aged 13 to 16, were taken into custody. The youths will appear in Youth Court at a later date.
