Robbery

2022 - 12 - 16

Grey Lynn -- nz police Grey Lynn - nz police

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Auckland courier driver screams for help as thieves attempt to rob ... (New Zealand Herald)

A courier driver involved in a terrifying early morning robbery in upmarket Grey Lynn was seen screaming for help as a man entered her fully laden van and ...

She was shouting, ‘Help, help, stop the van’. “The vehicle came to a stop in the car park at St Lukes Shopping Centre and the occupants fled on foot.” “It was a robbery - someone was trying to steal the courier van full of parcels.” “Later in the morning, the Police Eagle helicopter sighted the vehicle of interest as it was travelling into Kumeū. “He has removed the driver from the vehicle and stolen parcels from inside, before leaving the area in another vehicle.” “It was driving up the road towards Great North Rd, the side door was open and I could see a courier driver in a red shirt, a young woman sitting on the side as it was being driven up.

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Machete-wielding robber chops off dairy worker's fingers in vicious ... (Stuff.co.nz)

"He was crying, saying he got hit," says the store's owner, who received a distraught call. “There was blood all over the floor where he got attacked."

He was passing out on the stretcher.” She came to see him and is quite traumatised. “One person was transported to hospital with serious injuries. “There was blood all over the floor where he got attacked. He said he was concerned for his worker who he considers to be “like a little brother”. He said a neighbour from across the road heard screaming and came over to help, but was also attached by one of the robbers and was punched in the face.

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