Two alleged burglars who broke into a vacant restaurant have bitten off more than they could chew after being caught in the act.

At about 2.47am, Police were alerted to a possible break-in at a commercial premises on Beach Road.

Senior Sergeant Tony Turner, Auckland City Police, says a nearby security guard had witnessed two people inside the building and raised the alarm.

“Officers quickly arrived and located one man carrying a black suitcase filled with property.

“A search of the building then located another man, attempting to hide from Police,” he says.

Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Dye, Tasman Organised Crime Unit:

Police executed a warrant earlier today at a Wanaka address and charged a 28-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman with defrauding a person of $1,044,500 over the past two years.

Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Dye said the Tasman Organised Crime Unit (TOCU) has been investigating two suspects who first lived on the West Coast and have recently moved to Wanaka where they have been living the high life with rented properties and high end European cars.

New Zealand Police is congratulating Fijian Police Officer Corporal Sailasa Kerekere and his dog Villain on their graduation from the Police Dog Training Centre (DTC) in Trentham today.

Corporal Kerekere marked the occasion in front of Fiji Police training Sergeant Nuimaia Lawanicina and training staff from the DTC.

This is Corporal Kerekere’s second operational dog, and he now heads back to the front line with an explosives specialist, a black Labrador called Villain.

Police have made two arrests over an aggravated robbery in Onerahi on Monday afternoon.

Whangārei CIB have been investigating after a woman’s bag was taken from her near an alleyway on Ross Street on 11 August, around 3pm.

“A woman’s bag was taken after a weapon was allegedly presented at her,” Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Pilmer says.

“Enquiries have been underway to locate the two young males allegedly involved in this crime.

“This resulted in us locating two males, aged 14 and 16, yesterday.”

Police can today release the name of a man who died in Ruakākā on Monday.

He was local man, 29-year-old Matthew George Taylor.

Matthew leaves behind a partner and three young children.

“They are all struggling to come to terms with their loss,” Sergeant Simon Craig, from Ruakākā Station, says.

“What should have been morning exercise in good conditions has turned into a tragedy.”

His family have asked for privacy as they continue to grieve.

Police have established that Matthew had gone kayaking in the sheltered Ruakākā estuary.

Late last night, Police shot two people following a report of a family harm incident at an address in Clyde Street, Bryndwr.

A teenager will appear in court next week, charged over a fatal crash in Kumeū in late June.

Police have been investigating the single vehicle crash that occurred on Coatesville-Riverhead Highway at 8.20pm on 27 June.

The vehicle had failed to stop for Police a short time earlier.

Sixteen-year-old Elliot New, a passenger in the vehicle, was critically injured and died in hospital on 1 July.

Waitematā District Commander Superintendent Naila Hassan says Police interviewed the alleged driver of the vehicle today.

A carload of out-of-town teenagers have had their return plans halted after Police stopped their stolen vehicle in south Auckland.

Just before 6am, Police received information a stolen Toyota Hilux was travelling south on the Southern Motorway.

Senior Sergeant Simon Cornish, of Counties Manukau East Police, says the vehicle had been reported stolen from the Hamilton area.

“It is alleged the vehicle was stolen overnight, and the Police Eagle helicopter deployed to the area,” he says.

Police can now confirm the name of the man who died following a crash on SH6, Okaramio on 19 July.

He was Tachyon Hutt, 23, from Picton.

Police extend our condolences to his loved ones during this difficult time.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

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Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash on the Dunedin Northern Motorway on 12 April.

He was 35-year-old Charles Chen Cheing, of Waitati, Dunedin.

Our condolences are with his friends and family at this time.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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