Police make arrest for Avalon dairy robbery

Source: New Zealand Police –

Headline: Police make arrest for Avalon dairy robbery


Location:

Wellington

Please attribute to Detective Sergeant Steve Wescott:

A male youth has been charged in relation to the aggravated robbery of a dairy on the corner of High and Tennyson Streets in Avalon, Lower Hutt yesterday.

Police received a report that a man had entered the dairy around 11:15am yesterday armed with a metal rod. He threatened the two shop attendants, took cash and tobacco products, and left the scene in the car.

Police arrived at the scene a few minutes after being called and immediately began making enquiries to locate the offender.