{"id":230092,"date":"2026-01-12T17:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/230092\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:53:13","slug":"far-north-police-praise-witness-quick-actions-after-aggravated-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/230092\/","title":{"rendered":"Far North police praise witness\u2019 quick actions after aggravated robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cPolice, including the dog unit, quickly responded and located the duo, as well as the stolen property and a modified starter gun, resembling a Glock [pistol],\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Syddall said quick reporting and detailed information provided to police<\/a> helped in the quick apprehension.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of this, we\u2019ve been able to locate the persons of interest<\/a> in a very short space of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

She urged anyone who witnessed suspicious behaviour to call 111 as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery break-in or theft causes harm to people, and we\u2019re committed to holding those responsible to account, and will use every avenue available to us to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 17-year-old is to appear in Kaikohe Youth Court today charged with aggravated robbery, threatening to kill and assaulting police, police said.<\/p>\n

A 13-year-old has been referred to Youth Aid Services.<\/p>\n

Denise Piper is a news reporter<\/a> for the Northern Advocate, focusing on health and business. She has more than 20 years in journalism and is passionate about covering stories that make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cPolice, including the dog unit, quickly responded and located the duo, as well as the stolen property and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13735,74,26480,528,5504,137019,111,43,139,529,69,675,35115,19397,16156,27517,2951,3603],"class_list":["post-230092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-actions","tag-after","tag-aggravated","tag-far","tag-following","tag-kaihau","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-north","tag-nz","tag-police","tag-praise","tag-praising","tag-quick","tag-robbery","tag-town","tag-witness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230092","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=230092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}