{"id":390345,"date":"2026-04-21T11:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/390345\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:37:17","slug":"man-snapped-leaving-suspicious-item-at-oamaru-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/390345\/","title":{"rendered":"Man snapped leaving &#8216;suspicious item&#8217; at Oamaru property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-odt-landscape-large-4-3\" data-delta=\"1\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/674715010_1390565066437563_1312465735515357993_n.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Police released this photo of the man they want to speak to. Photo: Southern District Police\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police released this photo of the man they want to speak to. Photo: Southern District Police<\/p>\n<p>A man who tried to get into an Oamaru property late at night left a &#8220;suspicious item&#8221; behind, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Oamaru police are seeking the public&#8217;s help to find the man.<\/p>\n<p>A photograph released by police shows him at the gate of a residential property in Reed St.<\/p>\n<p>The man attempted to open the gate and when he was unable to left a &#8220;suspicious item&#8221; next to the deck, Sergeant Stu Dowling, of Oamaru, said.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not disclose any further details about the item.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around 10pm last Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who can help is asked to contact police via 105 and quote file number 260416\/5637.<\/p>\n<p>Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Allied Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police released this photo of the man they want to speak to. Photo: Southern District Police A man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-390345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390345","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=390345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}