{"id":620776,"date":"2026-10-05T00:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/620776\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T00:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T00:10:10","slug":"three-arrested-after-copper-piping-theft-in-kapiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/620776\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrested after copper piping theft in Kapiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have been taken into custody after allegedly attempting to steal copper piping on the Kapiti Coast early this morning. <\/p>\n<p>Police said it was alerted to the incident on Old State Highway 1 near Greenhill Rd in Waikanae at around 1.10am. <\/p>\n<p>One person was taken into custody at the scene, while two others allegedly fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p>A police dog tracked down one of the pair about 50 minutes later, while the other was found attempting to hide in water, police said. <\/p>\n<p>Around 50m of cabling was also found near the alleged offenders&#8217; vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>Inquiries were ongoing and furthers charges were likely. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, police warned of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/10\/05\/three-arrested-after-alleged-copper-piping-theft-in-kapiti\/Constable Craig Colyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a rise in copper thefts<\/a> as the value of scrap copper increased.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These have included copper cylinders being targeted, copper wire being burnt off and stripped, and copper being taken from buildings and power companies,&#8221; Constable Craig Colyer said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police are asking anyone with information about copper crimes, or of scrap copper that may come from suspicious origins, to contact police immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including Willis questions Labour\u2019s commitments, and two people are hospitalised after a West Auckland incident. (Source: Breakfast)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been taken into custody after allegedly attempting to steal copper piping on the Kapiti Coast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[67,111,43,139,69,52],"class_list":["post-620776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620776","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=620776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}