Armed police responding to the report of a person with a gun at Mount Maunganui ended up seizing a toy.
Police were called to a carpark near the beach at around 7.10am on Saturday after a person saw 鈥渟omeone in a car with what appeared to be a gun on their lap鈥, police said.
鈥淎rmed police responded, as is usual practice when there might be a firearm involved.
鈥淔ortunately, the gun was found to be a toy, and it was seized and destroyed.鈥
A member of the public walking along the boardwalk on Marine Parade at Mount Main Beach contacted SunLive after seeing the armed police.
鈥淭here were five police cars and heaps of officers pulling a car over,鈥 said the SunLive reader, who wished to remain anonymous.
鈥淎nd then a man was told to exit the car while police had their guns drawn.鈥
Last year a man with a toy gun , and in 2022 over what turned out to be an imitation firearm.
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