An armed robbery at a Hamilton steak house this morning has led to a police hunt for two people still on the run.<\/p>\n
Police were called to Smith & McKenzie Steak House in Lynden Court in the suburb of Chartwell at about 11.20am on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Two people, one carrying a gun, allegedly stole cash before fleeing the scene in a vehicle.<\/p>\n
“Thanks to the informants and the information provided, police knew the registration of the vehicle used,” a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Police located the vehicle in the Chartwell area a short time later with the police Eagle helicopter deployed to assist.<\/p>\n
Armed staff were in the area and cordons were in place.<\/p>\n
In a statement shared by the Smith & McKenzie Steak House restaurant, staff described the incident as traumatic and expressed pride in their team’s response.<\/p>\n
“Our staff are understandably shaken and upset, but we are so proud of their incredible strength and composure in such a frightening situation. We truly couldn\u2019t ask for a better team.”<\/p>\n
The restaurant said it was “absolutely gutted” to have disrupted Father’s Day plans.<\/p>\n
“We will be open for dinner tonight, and your kindness, understanding, and support mean more than ever to our team. It\u2019s in moments like these that community matters most.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An armed robbery at a Hamilton steak house this morning has led to a police hunt for two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[67,9001,111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-7454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-crime-and-justice","9":"tag-hamilton-waikato","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7454","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=7454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}