Armed police in Poike

UPDATED: Armed police were called into to help execute multiple search warrants in Tauranga this morning.

Officers with assault rifles were spotted on Poike Road as a 'pre-planned” operation was carried out at 6.30am.

'It's not unusual for armed police to be involved in this kind of operation,” says a police spokesperson.

'I can imagine it would be a bit worrying to see men in black when you wake up, but it was all pre-planned.”

Earlier:

Armed police have been spotted at the end of a street in Tauranga this morning.

A reader email the SunLive newsroom reporting a police officer standing at the end of Sapphire Street with an assault rifle in Poike.

Another reader has also reported armed police in Pooles Road.

A police communications spokesman says the incident is a pre-planned police operation involving a search warrant.

No other information has been released at this stage.

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