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Takanini arrest news

Dramatic scenes at a Takanini petrol station today as armed police arrested a man on the forecourt.

The episode ‘like something out of America’ was filmed by a local resident.

The man is believed to have been connected with a firearms incident at an Avondale property on 28 December. About half a dozen armed police can be seen surrounding a black car.

A female occupant gets out and walks towards police. Officer’s tell a male occupant to get out with his hands on his head. The suspect complies, walks slowly towards police, and is cuffed.

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