{"id":511121,"date":"2026-07-05T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/511121\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:43:12","slug":"man-charged-after-raglan-firearm-incident-leaves-one-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/511121\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after Raglan firearm incident leaves one injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" style=\"display:none\">After the arrest, police executed a search warrant and conducted a scene examination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs a result, we located and seized 50 rounds of ammunition,\u201d Detective Sergeant Rahul Badri of the Waikato West CIB said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFurther extensive enquiries were carried out today and we have successfully recovered the shotgun that was allegedly used during the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" style=\"display:none\">The man is set to appear in Hamilton District Court tomorrow. He has been charged with committing a dangerous act with intent to injure, unlawfully possessing a firearm and unlawfully possessing ammunition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI am pleased we were able to take a firearm off the streets and hold this alleged offender to account \u2013 this isn\u2019t just a positive outcome for the victim, but also for the wider Raglan community,\u201d Badri said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis investigation involved significant effort by both frontline staff and detectives, and I would like to acknowledge their excellent work in bringing this incident to a quick resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" 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":"After the arrest, police executed a search warrant and conducted a scene examination. \u201cAs a result, we located&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[254364,74,1558,13239,15226,16959,5504,671,10933,7973,5158,111,43,139,69,5270,675,8693],"class_list":["post-511121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-54yearold","tag-after","tag-been","tag-charged","tag-firearm","tag-firearms","tag-following","tag-incident","tag-injured","tag-leaves","tag-man","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one","tag-police","tag-raglan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511121","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=511121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}