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Armed police hunt for man with rifle

Author
NZME staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 11:08AM
Police have cordoned off Gibbs Rd (Photo / Northern Advocate)
Police have cordoned off Gibbs Rd (Photo / Northern Advocate)

Armed police hunt for man with rifle

Author
NZME staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 11:08AM

Armed police have been called out to help in the hunt for a man, believed to be carrying a rifle, north of Whangarei.

Officers from the Police Armed Offenders Squad were called to a rural area at Whakapara, 23km north-west of Whangarei, about 10am today.

A Northern Advocate reporter at the scene, on Mine Rd, Whakapara, said police have cordoned of Gibb Rd, which runs off Mine Rd, and officers are scouring the surrounding rural area.

Two police dog handlers are also at the scene and the Northern Advocate understands that they are looking for a man who is on the run and believed to be armed with a rifle.

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