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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
A stolen excavator was used to smash into a service station in Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt.
Police were alerted to the burglary at the BP service station on Wainuiomata Road just before 2.30am.
Officers, including a dog handler, were in the area soon after however were unable to locate any offenders at the time, police said.
The excavator was unlawfully taken from a nearby construction site, police said.
The building was deemed unstable so a scene guard was in place overnight.
"We are treating this matter seriously and we believe someone in the close knit Wainuiomata community will know who did this," Hutt Valley prevention manger Inspector Haley Ryan said.
Staff would go door-to-door speaking to any potential witnesses or anyone with relevant information.
A stolen excavator was used to smash into a service station in Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt.
Police were alerted to the burglary at the BP service station on Wainuiomata Road just before 2.30am.
Officers, including a dog handler, were in the area soon after however were unable to locate any offenders at...
A stolen excavator was used to smash into a service station in Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt.
Police were alerted to the burglary at the BP service station on Wainuiomata Road just before 2.30am.
Officers, including a dog handler, were in the area soon after however were unable to locate any offenders at the time, police said.
The excavator was unlawfully taken from a nearby construction site, police said.
The building was deemed unstable so a scene guard was in place overnight.
"We are treating this matter seriously and we believe someone in the close knit Wainuiomata community will know who did this," Hutt Valley prevention manger Inspector Haley Ryan said.
Staff would go door-to-door speaking to any potential witnesses or anyone with relevant information.
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