Category: MIL-OSI

Source: New Zealand Police

Police in Mosgiel are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing man.

72-year-old Christopher Beaumont has been missing since about 2.45pm today from around Goodall Street in Mosgiel.

Christopher was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, black denim pants and black crocs.

Police also ask the public to check sheds, outhouses and any CCTV footage.

If anyone has seen Christopher, or has information regarding his whereabouts, please call 111 and quote event number P062937184.

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Source: New Zealand Police

Please attribute to Inspector Danny Meade:

Four people have been apprehended after a vehicle, reported as stolen, crashed in Manukau this afternoon.

Shortly before 3pm, a Police vehicle sighted a vehicle that was reported as stolen, travelling on Portage Road in Otahuhu.

The Police helicopter, Eagle, maintained observations of the vehicle as it continued to travel south towards Manukau. The vehicle was not pursued.

The vehicle was successfully spiked on Great South Road, near Reagan Street, but the vehicle did not come to a stop.

A short time after the vehicle was spiked, at around 3:20pm, the vehicle collided with a member of the public’s vehicle at the intersection of Great South Road and Cavendish Drive.

The four occupants of the offending vehicle then fled on foot. Three were quickly apprehended, and a fourth person was located and taken into custody a short distance down the road soon after.

A member of the public has sustained minor injuries following the crash, no other injuries have been reported.

Motorists around the Great South Road and Cavendish Drive area are advised to expect delays as the scene of the crash is cleared.

Enquiries are ongoing and charges are being considered.

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Source: New Zealand Police

Please attribute to Inspector Danny Meade:

Four people have been apprehended after a vehicle, reported as stolen, crashed in Manukau this afternoon.

Shortly before 3pm, a Police vehicle sighted a vehicle that was reported as stolen, travelling on Portage Road in Otahuhu.

The Police helicopter, Eagle, maintained observations of the vehicle as it continued to travel south towards Manukau. The vehicle was not pursued.

The vehicle was successfully spiked on Great South Road, near Reagan Street, but the vehicle did not come to a stop.

A short time after the vehicle was spiked, at around 3:20pm, the vehicle collided with a member of the public’s vehicle at the intersection of Great South Road and Cavendish Drive.

The four occupants of the offending vehicle then fled on foot. Three were quickly apprehended, and a fourth person was located and taken into custody a short distance down the road soon after.

A member of the public has sustained minor injuries following the crash, no other injuries have been reported.

Motorists around the Great South Road and Cavendish Drive area are advised to expect delays as the scene of the crash is cleared.

Enquiries are ongoing and charges are being considered.

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Source: New Zealand Police

Attributable to Inspector Danny Meade:

A 44-year-old man faces a number of charges after crashing a stolen vehicle in Pakuranga this morning following a string of burglaries.

The man is thought to have been responsible for seven reported burglaries, stealing two cars, and getting into three crashes, between around 5:10am and 5:50am today.

It began in Udys Road where Police received a call from someone reporting an unknown man had broken into their house, and a physical confrontation took place. Fortunately there were no injuries, and the man left on foot.

Within minutes, Police received two further separate reports from residents on Udys Road – one reporting a man trying to force entry to her home, and a second reporting their front door being smashed.

Residents of a Pakuranga Road property called Police just after 5:30am, reporting that an unknown man had forced entry into their house armed with a knife. There were no injuries reported, before the man left.

Around 5:40am, Police were made aware of an incident on Grammar School Road, where they had seen a person run off towards their neighbour’s about 10 minutes earlier.

By this stage, a Police dog unit was in the area and had come across the man on a separate Grammar School Road property.

Minutes later, Police received another call from someone reporting the man had kicked in the front door to their house and was smashing items inside.

He stole this person’s car keys and drove off in their vehicle, crashing through a gate and onto Pakuranga Road, then onto Udys Road.

A Police unit was in the vicinity, before the vehicle crashed at the intersection of Udys Road and Reeves Road.

The man has then stolen another car from a property on Reeves Road, which Police pursued for a short time before it crashed at the intersection of Ti Rakau Drive and Tiraumea Drive, causing significant damage to a fence.

The man ran off on foot, before being arrested a short time later.

He will appear in court at a later date.

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Source: New Zealand Police

Northbound motorists are advised to expect delays on the Southern Motorway near the Highbrook off ramp.

Four cars have collided in a nose to tail crash at about 2.25pm.

Two people have been injured, one moderately and one seriously.

Police at the scene ask motorists to be patient as there are long queues of traffic at the crash scene.

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Source: New Zealand Police

Attributable to Detective Sergeant Shelley Ross:

Manawatū Police and Fire and Emergency New Zealand are making enquiries into a suspicious house fire in Levin this morning.

The fire on Cambridge Street was reported about 4:15am. Fortunately, the occupants of the house escaped without injury.

A 40-year-old Levin man has been taken into custody, and is due in Palmerston North District Court on Monday on an arson charge.

However, Police are still are seeking information from the public.

We are asking for anyone in the area who has CCTV to please come forward.

Part of our enquiries also include the movements of a red Suzuki Swift in the area at the time.

If you can help, please call 105 or go online to ‘Update Report’, and quote file number 250621/8961.

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Source: New Zealand Police

One person has been found deceased following a house fire in Marton this morning.

Emergency services were called to the Calico Line property, between Bredins Line and Nga Tawa Road, about 6:10am, and found the house fully ablaze.

Sadly, one person was found deceased at the property.

A scene guard has been put in place and Police and Fire and Emergency New Zealand investigators are carrying out a scene examination. The cause of the fire is still to be determined.

At this time, no further details are available.

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Source: New Zealand Police

Attribute to Detective Sergeant Luke Vaughan.

Police have narrowed down an area of interest in the ongoing search for missing Christchurch woman Elisabeth ‘Lis’ Nicholls.

Lis was last seen at the Chateau on the Park in Riccarton on the evening of Wednesday 4 June, and Police and her family remain desperate to locate her.

Police have a possible sighting of Lis at the eastern end of Hagley Park, around the Park Terrace and Salisbury/Montreal Street areas around 8:25pm that night. [area pictured]

We are appealing to anyone in this area in particular to please check your properties, and notify Police of anything unusual.

We are also continuing to appeal to people across Christchurch to please search your backyards, sheds and sleepouts, and look under anything where a person could seek shelter.

For anyone with CCTV, Police would like you to review any footage you have, especially if your cameras are facing the street, from 8.20pm to 10pm on Wednesday 4 June.

While Lis went missing in the Riccarton area, she is physically strong, and may have walked some distance.

Anyone who sees Lis should ring 111 immediately and use the reference number 250604/5465. Non-urgent information can be provided online at 105.police.govt.nz, using “Update Report,” quoting the same reference number.

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Source: New Zealand Police

Media and the public are advised of a correction to the Police file number relating to the Tūrangi homicide enquiry.

We continue to appeal to the public for information and any footage which may help us.

The correct file number is 250620/6271.

If you can help, please go online here to Update Report and quote the file number above.

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Source: New Zealand Police

Police are appealing for information after an unattended tin dinghy was found drifting off Kawau Bay this morning.

At this stage, we have no reports of any missing people that would appear to relate, however, we are wanting to confirm the dinghy’s owner is safe.

Police urge anyone who recognises the dinghy or has failed to return home from fishing on Kawau Bay today to contact Police using the 105 reporting line, quote event number P062933786.

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