{"id":474886,"date":"2026-06-13T05:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474886\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T05:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:08:08","slug":"mongreal-mob-teens-arrested-for-stealing-35-vehicles-in-turangi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474886\/","title":{"rendered":"Mongreal Mob teens arrested for stealing 35 vehicles in T\u016brangi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cTwo further men \u2013 one being a patched Mongrel Mob member and the other an associate \u2013 were arrested in relation to other offending incidental to the search warrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">The 15-year-old is due to reappear in Taup\u014d Youth Court facing 11 charges relating to vehicle thefts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">The 13-year-old has been referred to Youth Aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">In addition, a 38-year-old man was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and a second man, aged 40, was charged with contravening a protection order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe know vehicle theft is an incredibly frustrating crime for our community, so I am pleased we are able to hold these alleged offenders to account,\u201d Dalton said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI hope these arrests reassure the community that police take this type of offending seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">Police continue to make enquiries and cannot rule out further arrests or charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">If you witness any suspicious behaviour around vehicles, please call 111 immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">Anyone with information on previous vehicle offending or other non-urgent information is asked to make a report through 105, either online or over the phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xRCtHSZoMFoDBmw\" style=\"display:none\">Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cTwo further men \u2013 one being a patched Mongrel Mob member and the other an associate \u2013 were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[64869,1443,18919,7818,12635,11924,1558,2082,305,78,4281,239302,111,43,139,69,4744,47066,672,37233,6861],"class_list":["post-474886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-64869","tag-about","tag-aged","tag-allegedly","tag-area","tag-arrested","tag-been","tag-for","tag-have","tag-in","tag-mob","tag-mongreal","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-stealing","tag-teenagers","tag-teens","tag-trangi","tag-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474886","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=474886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}