To be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Newman, Auckland City Police

A 17 year-old woman has been arrested and charged this morning with an attack on an elderly woman in Panmure last week.

The woman has been charged with aggravated robbery, theft and two charges of unlawfully taking a motor-vehicle, and will appear in the Auckland District Court this afternoon.

Two other suspects have been identified.

They are currently in CYFS custody on an unrelated matter and we are in the process of making a time to speak with each of them.

Both are under the age of 17 and we are therefore limited to any further discussion on this aspect, but we can advise that we are not looking for anyone else in relation to this incident.

We have advised the family of the victim of this development a short time ago, and they are understandably relieved to hear this news.

I would like to thank the hundreds of people who helped with the Police investigation.

The public and media assistance we received has got us to this point.

We had dozens of calls with information, as well as many private messages to our Facebook page.

Hundreds of people shared the link to the Facebook video, and this in turn ensured that as many people as possible saw the CCTV footage.

The enquiry team have worked tirelessly on this case, and joined with officers from across the wider Auckland area.

A team of staff had been investigating a series of burglaries that occurred in Onehunga, Mangere and Mt Albert over the weekend of 9/10 September.

Yesterday, a series of search warrants were carried out at properties in Otara, Glen Innes, Papatoetoe, Clendon and Point England.

As a result, the 17 year-old woman has also been additionally charged with 14 burglaries and an unlawfully getting into a motor-vehicle.

A 16 year-old male, and two 18 year-old men have also been arrested and charged with the burglaries.

At the search warrant in Pt England, officers also found a quantity of methamphetamine.

A 21 year-old man and an 18 year-old woman have also been arrested, and both are charged with possession of methamphetamine for supply.

Source: New Zealand Police.