Shop security beefed up; CCTV proposal gathers support
Security has been beefed up at the Tamahere Village after the recent spate of break-ins and there’s new urgency behind a proposal to install a comprehensive CCTV system.
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Police
Shots put racers, residents at risk – Police
Police are investigating a series of incidents where vehicles were shot at on Raynes Rd, in an area frequented for years by boy racers.
The most recent incident occurred on Friday, July 17, when “multiple moving vehicles were shot at throughout the night,” Police said.
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School locked down after gun sighted
A gun scare put Tamahere School in lock down this afternoon for just under an hour.
Police were called to the school after senior students reportedly saw a stranger behind the school grounds wearing a balaclava and carrying what appeared to be a shotgun.
The lock down began around 1.20pm was lifted around 2.10pm after police inspected the school grounds and the area where the stranger was spotted and did not find anything.
Read morePolice hit Hart Rd
A police raid on a Hart Rd property today raised alarm among neighbours.
The Armed Offenders Squad assisted with a search warrant that was executed just after 6am on the Hart Rd house.
Local speculation that the house contained a clandestine drug or methamphetamine lab was unfounded, police said.
Read morePolice hunt tactics justified: IPCA
A night of tense drama in Tamahere when Police helicopters flew overhead, residents were warned to stay in their homes and wanted criminals ran through properties has had a sequel.
Police were justified in firing a warning shot and setting their dogs on two men who fled after a police chase near Hamilton, according to a report released by the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
The report found the Waikato officers were “responding to a complex situation that required various tactics” to arrest two wanted men who ran from police after their car crashed on State Highway 1 at Tamahere on February 28, 2013.
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Police hunt crash runaway by car, ‘copter
A fleeing driver crashed in Tamahere overnight after a high-speed chase in a case involving drugs and an attack on a police dog.
Police abandoned the late Thursday night chase in Tamahere, after speeds exceeded 180 kilometres per hour, reported residents and the news media.
After the pursuit was abandoned, the car slid sideways across the road before crashing through trees on the corner of State Highway One and Airport Road.
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