The police armed offenders squad conducts an operation near Matauri Bay, north of Kerikeri, following the kidnapping.
Three people have been arrested in relation to a “violent” kidnapping and a shooting at a female police officer in the Far North in October. The first incident took place on October 26 when a man was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint on State Highway 10 near Waipapa. During an appeal for information, police said the man was forced into the boot of his own car and shot at when he ran away, “absolutely terrified”. Before he got away, the man was driven to an ATM in Kerikeri where he was forced to give his PIN and his bank account was drained, police said.
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