{"id":5196,"date":"2023-06-02T13:51:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T01:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2023-06-02T13:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T01:51:30","slug":"three-separate-arrests-in-hawkes-bay-in-relation-to-firearm-possessions-and-alleged-illegal-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=5196","title":{"rendered":"Three separate arrests in Hawke&#8217;s Bay in relation to firearm possessions and alleged illegal hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article__header c-story-header\">\n<h1 class=\"c-story-header__headline\">Three separate arrests in Hawke&#8217;s Bay in relation to firearm possessions and alleged illegal hunting<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rnz-ressh.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/s--jM5ReSio--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1643483884\/4NSTNZO_image_crop_59917\" alt=\"Police generic\" width=\"1050\" height=\"694\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">(file image)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Richard Tindiller<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two people have been arrested in Hawke&#8217;s Bay in relation to firearm possessions, and a third charged over alleged illegal hunting.<\/p>\n<p>After being called to a family harm incident in Flaxmere on Wednesday, police carried out a search warrant and seized six homemade firearms at the same property.<\/p>\n<p>A 23-year-old man was charged with six counts of illegal possession of a firearm and assault with a weapon. He was due to reappear in Hastings District Court on 26 June.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate search on Thursday, police seized two firearms and a large amount of ammunition from an address in Havelock North.<\/p>\n<p>A 20-year-old man was arrested, facing multiple firearm-related charges. He was due to reappear in Hastings District Court on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>And in the rural Hawke&#8217;s Bay community of Patoka, a 30-year-old has been arrested after reports of unlawful hunting.<\/p>\n<p>The report to police was made after a deer carcass was seen at a Seaview Road property, and the man was allegedly seen trespassing, police said.<\/p>\n<p>A rifle and ammunition were seized from his address.<\/p>\n<p>He was due to appear in Napier District Court on 21 June, facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and unlawful hunting.<\/p>\n<h3>Firearms incident in Taup\u014d<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, police are looking for witnesses after a gun was fired in a Four Square car park in Taup\u014d.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they received a report on the incident on Rifle Range Road on Thursday about 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>Their initial inquiries established a verbal altercation took place in the car park, which resulted in one person shooting at another.<\/p>\n<p>Police said it appeared to be an isolated incident, and they were following a number of strong lines of inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Police said anyone with information should contact them on 105, referencing event number P054848746, or anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SOURCE RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three separate arrests in Hawke&#8217;s Bay in relation to firearm possessions and alleged illegal hunting (file image)\u00a0Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Richard Tindiller Two people have been arrested in Hawke&#8217;s Bay in relation to firearm possessions, and a third charged over alleged illegal hunting. After being called to a family harm incident in Flaxmere on Wednesday, police carried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5198,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions\/5198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}