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The alleged ramraid and road-spiking happened on the Kāpiti Coast (File photo).
Seven young people in a single vehicle have been arrested after an alleged ramraid on the Kāpiti coast near Wellington.
Police were called to Beach Rd, Paekākāriki at 3am on Sunday to reports of a ramraid on a shop. A number of items, including cigarettes, were taken.
The seven alleged offenders left in a single vehicle, but police stopped the car using road spikes a short distance north, near Raumati.
Seven “young people” were taken into custody, police said. The ages of those taken into custody was not immediately available.
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This is the latest in a string of ramraids around Wellington in which alcohol and nicotine products have been targeted.
In late-September, https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/129957072/early-morning-ramraid-at-bottle-store-on-the-kpiti-coast”>a liquor store in Paraparaumu was targeted, just days after Discount T Vape store on Bay Rd, Kilbirnie was hit.
A car edges past a bollard before smashing it’s way into a liquor store in Wellington’s Island Bay in July.
A car had https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/300689764/two-lower-north-island-businesses-ramraided-overnight”>smashed its way through the front door and security grills of the store.
Police were also called to Super Liquor Ōtaki on Arthur St about 4am the same day for a ramraid in which liquor was stolen.
In recent months, ramraiders have struck businesses in https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300635976/bottle-store-ramraid-caused-so-much-damage-for-so-little-gain”>Brooklyn, https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington-top-stories/300646028/watch-ramraiders-strike-another-wellington-bottle-store”>Island Bay, https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/300576011/mayor-incensed-at-senseless-digger-ramraid-at-petrol-station”>Wainuiomata, https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/300658344/ram-raids-strike-two-wellington-businesses-overnight”>Lyall Bay and Tawa in Wellington.
Nationally, https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300639275/ramraid-surge-has-peaked-but-numbers-still-up-on-a-year-ago–police”>2022 has been the worst ever year for ramraids, with 254 carried out in the first six months of the year.
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