UPDATED: 8am. A man accused of a gunpoint pizza robbery last night will appear in Tauranga District Court today.
The 23-year-old was arrested by armed police in Merivale at 11pm last night after the delivery driver complained to police.
AOS members assembled at Fraser Cove before making the arrest.
He was delivering a pizza to a Merivale address shortly after 9pm when a man presented a gun and demanded he hand over the pizza, says acting Western Bay of Plenty response manager Owen O'Brien.
'The delivery driver fled and immediately contacted Police,” says Owen.
The Tauranga Armed Offenders Squad was deployed. They located and arrested the 23-year-old man in Parkvale approximately an hour later.
He is charged with aggravated robbery and will be appearing in Tauranga District Court today to face an Aggravated Robbery charge.
Police have not said what type of pizza it was.
AOS members assemble at Fraser Cove.
Callers to SunLive saw a contingent of Armed Offender Squad members assemble at Fraser Cove before moving into the Merivale suburb. Some streets were cordoned off and the public advised to avoid the area.
7 comments
Makes you Wonder
Posted on 15-10-2014 08:15 | By kopchai
What goes through a 'Nimrod's" brain. (That is if they have one) Hello...Mmm,Feeling hungry - I know I'll dial a Pizza - Point the gun at him and get it for free. Yeah Right. Don't think they do Pizzas in the Big House.
Pizza dude....
Posted on 15-10-2014 08:16 | By www.gcsb.info
"Police have not said what type of pizza it was" hahahahaha Nice write up!!
Just wait...
Posted on 15-10-2014 13:28 | By Conzar
This is the tip of the iceburge for crime here in NZ. If society doesn't take care of the impoverished, we will surely end up like the USA (over 2 million people in jail and daily murders).
TAPS
Posted on 15-10-2014 14:15 | By space cadet
Ha,ha, Probably a chilli pizza hotter n he could handle.
Pizza Order
Posted on 15-10-2014 17:28 | By NZgirl
We live in a age where pizza gets to your home before the police.
Conzar
Posted on 16-10-2014 18:24 | By BennyBenson
If we ended up with over 2 million in jail, NZ would be a better place
BennyBenson - have u lived in the USA?
Posted on 17-10-2014 09:27 | By Conzar
No, New Zealand would be a very bad place to live if 2 million people were in jail. It would be a prison state just like the USA is. You wouldn't be able to escape being a victim of crime. I am a USA citizen, I have first hand knowledge of the horrors of their failed system. There is no justice when it comes to a family member being murdered.
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