{"id":194192,"date":"2025-12-21T01:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/194192\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:37:12","slug":"three-arrests-after-courier-van-packed-with-christmas-gifts-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/194192\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrests after courier van packed with Christmas gifts stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three men have been arrested in Canterbury after a courier van packed with parcels just ahead of Christmas was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the theft of the van \u2014 full of packages destined for homes across the region \u2014 was reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Sergeant Daniel Ingram said police received multiple calls from Birdlings Flat residents about men carrying courier packages.<\/p>\n<p>Officers quickly responded and spotted a vehicle leaving the area. It later attempted to hide on a rural roadside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vehicle was located a short time later following further information provided by members of the public, however the three men had fled on foot,&#8221; Ingram said.<\/p>\n<p>Police deployed the Delta unit and, with help from a local farmer and their technology, tracked down the trio nearby. <\/p>\n<p>All three were arrested and charged with theft and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle. They would appear in the Christchurch District Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the Grinches trying to steal Christmas, the majority of the packages were recovered and returned to the courier company for delivery,&#8221; Ingram said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three men have been arrested in Canterbury after a courier van packed with parcels just ahead of Christmas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-194192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}