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Waitematā

Quick thinking by a shop owner put a group of violent offenders on the back foot and Police closely behind.

A Glen Eden superette owner was preparing to open his store around 6.45am on Tuesday, when five youths with their faces covered arrived outside, in what turned out to be a stolen car.

Inspector Kelly Farrant, Waitematā West Area Prevention Manager, says the store-owner’s rapid reaction literally stopped the offenders in their tracks.