To be attributed to Detective Sergeant Ben Smith, Blenheim Tactical Crime Unit:

Blenheim Police have made two further arrests today as part of Operation Memento, an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of methamphetamine in the Marlborough region.

Following a search warrant at a Marlborough property today, a 43-year-old woman was arrested and has been charged with supplying methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine for supply.

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man pictured in these images.

We believe he may be able to assist us with our enquiries into an aggravated robbery at a dairy on Tington Avenue, Wattle Downs on 12 June.

If this is you, or you know who this man is, please update us online now or call 105.

Please use the reference number 250613/4794.

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

ENDS.

Holly McKay/NZ Police

Canterbury Police are continuing to investigate the sudden death of a man at a residential address on Eastern Terrace in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police have now concluded a full forensic scene examination at the property, and the scene has been formally handed back to the family. Officers have completed a number of inquiries and are making very good progress in establishing the facts surrounding the man’s death.

A mountain biker’s extreme training session took a dangerous turn when he became stranded in Northland bush, losing daylight and becoming hypothermic.

Northland Police SAR lead, Detective Sergeant Paul Overton, says the biker had set off from Kerikeri on Saturday.

“He was aiming to push his limits on the Department of Conservation tracks in the Waimamaku Range,” he says.

“Unbeknown to him, he missed a crucial turnoff and underestimated the terrain and weather conditions.”

The alarm was raised by the stranded mountain biker at about 8.30pm that night.

A specialist scene examination is continuing at a property in West Auckland today, following a suspicious fire this morning.

Police arrived at the address in Colwill Road, Massey at about 5.30am to execute two search warrants and upon Police approach one of the properties erupted in fire.

Detective Inspector Albie Alexander, of National Organised Crime Group, says Police believe the house may have been deliberately set on fire.

“It was one of two properties of interest suspected of involvement in manufacturing  drugs. 

Media are invited to the 388 Wally Haumaha – Te Arawa and Ngāti Ngāraranui, ONZM and QSM recruit wing graduation.

Police have confirmed the fatal fire last Thursday morning in Bucklands Beach is now being treated as a double homicide.

Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua, Counties Manukau District Crime Manager, says emergency services attended the home in Murvale Drive at around 2.30am.

“When Police and Fire and Emergency NZ arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames.

“Three people were able to escape the fire, while sadly two people were not, and were found deceased inside the home.”

Police will be part of something special this weekend, supporting Auckland’s Special Olympics athletes to carry the Flame of Hope in support of The Special Olympics Games.
The games are to be held at the new Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch from Wednesday 10 until Sunday 14 of December this year.
Media is invited to attend the three exciting events in the Auckland area this weekend for the Law Enforcement Torch Run.

Police will be part of something special this weekend, supporting Auckland’s Special Olympics athletes to carry the Flame of Hope in support of The Special Olympics Games.

The games are to be held at the new Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch from Wednesday 10 until Sunday 14 of December this year.

Media is invited to attend the three exciting events in the Auckland area this weekend for the Law Enforcement Torch Run. The events take place in central Auckland on Saturday and two venues in south Auckland on Sunday.

Police will be part of something special this weekend, supporting Auckland’s Special Olympics athletes to carry the Flame of Hope in support of The Special Olympics Games. 

The games are to be held at the new Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch from Wednesday 10 until Sunday 14 of December this year.

Media is invited to attend the three exciting events in the Auckland area this weekend for the Law Enforcement Torch Run. The events take place in central Auckland on Saturday and two venues in south Auckland on Sunday.