A 25-year-old man is in Police custody following the robbery of a number of vehicles north of Wellington this morning.
Following the first robbery, which occurred in Champion Street in Porirua at around 7:30am and in which a person was attacked receiving injuries to the face, the man took the victim’s vehicle and travelled north on SH 1.
The man has subsequently taken another two vehicles in the Raumati area – one in Poplar Avenue and another in the Raumati Beach shopping area.
No one was injured during these incidents.
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