Police arrested six people following raids across the Bay, yesterday.
Western Bay of Plenty area commander Inspector Clifford Paxton told the Bay of Plenty Times that the searches were in relation to commercial burglaries, targeting thefts of cigarettes and other items, as well as drug-related offending.
Mr Paxton said early yesterday that 12 search warrants were executed across the Bay of Plenty, 10 in Rotorua, and two in the Western Bay of Plenty.
The raids in the Western Bay of Plenty were at a property in Kaitemako Rd in Welcome Bay, and the other in Merivale.
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