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Len Snee remembered: 12th anniversary of Napier senior constable s murder
7 May, 2021 12:01 AM
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Taradale Senior Constable Len Snee outside Taradale Police Station in 2002. Photo File
Hawkes Bay Today
Today marks the 12th anniversary of the death of Senior Constable Len Snee, who was fatally shot by Napier cannabis grower Jan Molenaar.
Fellow senior constables Grant Diver, Bruce Miller, and civilian Len Holmwood, were also shot and seriously wounded.
The three officers arrived at Molenaar s Chaucer Rd, Napier, home to conduct a search on the morning of May 7, 2009.
In the ensuing deathly rampage, Molenaar fired dozens of shots around the valley on the Napier side of hospital hill, and a considerable area of Napier was put into lockdown.
Gangs and guns: New police Firearms Investigation Team to crack down on illegal weapons
11 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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An arsenal of 15 illegal firearms in the control of an Auckland drug dealer prompted a Parliamentary inquiry. Police were only able to trace the origins of 5 of the guns. Photo / Supplied
An arsenal of 15 illegal firearms in the control of an Auckland drug dealer prompted a Parliamentary inquiry. Police were only able to trace the origins of 5 of the guns. Photo / Supplied
The police have established a specialist Firearms Investigation Team, modelled on similar squads in Australia, to focus on the time-consuming work of identifying how dangerous weapons are ending up in the hands of criminals.