Two youths reportedly armed with a machete and wearing ski masks stormed a convenience store in the Far North yesterday.
Mid North Area Response Manager Senior Sergeant Mark Barratt said the pair entered the store on Main Rd, Moerewa, around 6.50am.
He reported they had been wearing ski masks and one had brandished a machete.
Barratt said the pair threatened staff and a customer before allegedly stealing cigarettes. They fled the scene in two vehicles reportedly stolen.
Both vehicles were later found abandoned in Kaikohe.
Police tracked down the two males inside a property near where the vehicles had been dumped.
They were found alongside a bag containing cigarettes.
Barratt said no one had been injured as a result of the 鈥渂razen offending鈥.
鈥淲e will continue to hold to account those who think this type of offending is acceptable.鈥
The youth appeared in the Kaikohe Youth Court.
Brodie Stone covers crime and emergency for the Northern Advocate. She has spent most of her life in Whang膩rei and is passionate about delving into issues that matter to Northlanders and beyond.
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