Source: New Zealand Police –
Headline: Four arrested after car-jacking in New Plymouth
Location:
Central
Four men aged 15, 17, 18 and 20-years-old, have been arrested following a car-jacking in central New Plymouth last night.
Police were called around 8:00pm to the intersection of Rainsford and St Aubyn Streets, after it was reported that the men had pulled a 72-year-old woman and her 48-year-old daughter from the vehicle and stolen it.
A pursuit was initiated after the vehicle was located and failed to stop near Oakura.
The vehicle was pursued along Surf Highway 45 and the vehicle was slowed by road spikes about 40km away near Pungarehu.