Te Puke link to armed robbery explored

Police are investigating a possible link between a burglary in Te Puke on Sunday and an armed robbery at an Edgecumbe service station the same day.
Three people are being sought in connection to the armed robbery, which occurred just after 1pm on Sunday.


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A police officer travelling in a patrol car tried to stop the vehicle after the incident and a man emerged from the vehicle's sunroof and pointed a gun at the officer.
Te Puke senior sergeant Deirdre Lack says police are exploring the possibility that the same offenders were responsible for a burglary in Te Puke on the same day.
She would not say where the burglary took place but says the possible link between the two incidents would be known at the end of the week.
The vehicle used in the robbery was found abandoned on a road in Thornton. It is not known how much money was stolen during the armed robbery.

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