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olice say they cannot rule out a link between the four service station burglaries in Pakuranga last week. The three stolen cars used in the aggravated burglaries were taken from and dumped at similar locations in close proximity to each other and all the offences occurred in the early hours of the morning at 24 hour service stations – three of them on Pakuranga Road and one on Reeves Road. Cigarettes and cash were targeted. The vehicles used in the burglaries – which occurred within four days of each other – were stolen from Howick and Half Moon Bay
and were later dumped in Bucklands Beach and Mellons Bay. The officer in charge of the Counties Manukau Police major crime team, detective senior sergeant Albie Alexander, is appealing to residents in those areas to be vigilant and has asked that any suspicious activity be reported to police immediately. He told the Times that police cannot rule out a link between the four offences. The first of the four burglaries occurred at about 4.20am on December 5 (Monday) at the BP service station on Pakuranga Road. Three offenders smashed their way into the store and made off with cigarettes and a number of other items. The silver Mazda Atenza they used in the burglary was sto-
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Two more service stations were then burgled last Thursday morning (December 8). A white Subaru Legacy stolen from Howick was used in both and was later dumped in Bucklands Beach on the corner of Macleans Road and Bleakhouse Road, not far from where the other two stolen cars were left. The Gull service station on Reeves Road was hit first, shortly before 1.40am, with the three offenders using a hammer to break in. A Gull spokesman told the Times that there was one staff member on duty at the time and that the offenders smashed through glass to get in. They stole cigarettes.
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len from Howick and was later dumped in Bucklands Beach. The sole service station attendant on duty at the time was unharmed in the incident. The next morning (Tuesday, December 6), shortly before 2am, the Caltex service station on Pakuranga Road was ramraided. The red Mazda Familia used by the offenders had been stolen from Half Moon Bay and was dumped in Mellons Bay following the incident. A staff member at Caltex told the Times that the car rammed through the doors – there were no bollards protecting the doors – and two offenders stole cigarettes and two tills. The employee on duty ran out the back and was unhurt.
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