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  •   Home > News > National > Upper North Island

    Two men and two teenage boys have been apprehended after an aggravated robbery, and an over 100 kilometre chase in Thames

    Two men and two teenage boys have been apprehended after an aggravated robbery, and an over 100 kilometre chase in Thames


    The group fled from police just after 8am, following a robbery at a Pollen Street business

    The four were finally arrested in Hamilton after their car was spiked in Bartholomew Drive before coming to a stop on Sunnyside Road around 11:30.

    They face charges of aggravated robbery, unlawfully using a vehicle and failing to stop for Police.

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