{"id":358697,"date":"2026-04-01T14:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/358697\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:34:15","slug":"auckland-police-warn-stolen-bag-may-contain-toxic-asbestos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/358697\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland police warn stolen bag may contain toxic asbestos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAmongst some items stolen is double-bagged asbestos that had been placed in a box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAsbestos is extremely toxic, and if this bag is opened it puts that person and others in proximity to them at risk of becoming unwell,\u201d Reed said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">Police said they believed the box was taken because the bagged item may have resembled pounamu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPolice have carried out a number of inquiries late yesterday, including searching at some addresses in Point England, which have so far been unsuccessful,\u201d Reed said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">The police said they are concerned those who committed the burglary, or anyone who might have been given the bag afterwards, are not aware of what they are holding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf you have information on where the bagged item is, we need to hear from you to ensure it is safely retrieved,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">Police are advised that anyone with information should contact them on 105 using the reference number 260330\/5474.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAmongst some items stolen is double-bagged asbestos that had been placed in a box. \u201cAsbestos is extremely toxic,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8212,3596,51,53893,110814,9767,55141,34298,2837,3806,47753,305,18087,1553,7810,111,43,139,69,675,1238,4736,1361,45356,26697,1455],"class_list":["post-358697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-anyone","tag-asbestos","tag-auckland","tag-bag","tag-bagged","tag-burglary","tag-contain","tag-containing","tag-during","tag-east","tag-extremely","tag-have","tag-issued","tag-item","tag-may","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-police","tag-serious","tag-stolen","tag-that","tag-toxic","tag-warn","tag-warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358697","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=358697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}