Legislation introducing a new ram raid offence has passed its first reading.<\/p>\n
The Ram Raid Offending and Related Measures Amendment Bill would add ‘smash-and-grabs’ to the Crimes Act and give police the power to prosecute ram raiders as young as 12 years old.<\/p>\n
The proposed changes were announced by the Labour government earlier this year in response to a rise in retail offending.<\/p>\n
It passed its first reading with support from Labour, National and ACT – with the Greens and Te Paati M\u0101ori opposed.<\/p>\n
RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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