{"id":553036,"date":"2026-07-31T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553036\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:06:12","slug":"gang-members-arrested-after-loaded-shotgun-pistol-and-machete-found-during-marton-police-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553036\/","title":{"rendered":"Gang members arrested after loaded shotgun, pistol and machete found during Marton police stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whanganui Chronicle<\/p>\n<p>31 Jul, 2026 01:07 AMQuick Read<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Police Stock Image. Photo \/ NZME<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Three gang members have been arrested in Marton overnight after a vehicle stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">One man had a loaded sawn-off shotgun and pistol concealed down his pants and ammunition in his sock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         The police stopped the vehicle on Cuba St at about 2am on Friday, and conducted a search after a<br \/>\n         machete was spotted in the passenger seat footwell.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">A glass pipe and knives were also found in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">The occupants, aged 28, 36 and 40, were due to appear in Whanganui District Court today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whanganui Chronicle 31 Jul, 2026 01:07 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,95,11924,1558,2837,1874,1328,305,22176,37829,194497,4754,111,43,139,69,6507,52195,675,20928,1324,1529,6845],"class_list":["post-553036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-and","tag-arrested","tag-been","tag-during","tag-found","tag-gang","tag-have","tag-loaded","tag-machete","tag-marton","tag-members","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-overnight","tag-pistol","tag-police","tag-shotgun","tag-stop","tag-three","tag-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553036","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=553036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}