Attributable to Assistant Commissioner Richard Chambers:
Tāmaki Makaurau and Waikato Police have arrested 14 young people for suspected involvement in recent commercial aggravated robberies.
Auckland City Police have arrested six people following an aggravated robbery at a St Lukes retail complex last week.
The Operation Rhino investigation team have arrested and charged an 18-year-old male and five youths overnight for their involvement in an aggravated robbery of a retail store within the St Lukes complex on Tuesday 20 September 2022.
These six alleged offenders, along with two other youths, have also been charged with conspiring to commit aggravated robbery after the group was found by Police in two vehicles in East Auckland on Monday night.
A quantity of jewellery and other evidential items were located by the investigation team during a subsequent search of the vehicles.
All eight alleged offenders arrested overnight will appear in the Auckland District Court and Youth Courts respectively in due course.
An additional alleged youth offender has already been charged with their involvement in this matter, which is currently before the Youth Court.
Enquiries are ongoing into other aggravated robberies and burglaries across Tāmaki Makaurau that Police allege the group is believed to be responsible for.
