A man was threatened at gunpoint and hit with a bat in his home before the three attackers stole his guns and fled. Photo / File
Police are investigating an aggravated robbery in Reporoa in which firearms were stolen after a man was threatened at gunpoint and hit with a bat in his home.
Detective Chris Nairn said police were investigating the aggravated robbery that happened early Monday morning in Reporoa, south of Rotorua.
Police received
a report that at 2.45am a man had been hit across the body with a baseball bat and threatened with a firearm by three men at a rural property.
The victim had minor injuries which did not require medical attention.
"Other firearms, ammunition, and electronic items including mobile phones were stolen from the property, before the offenders left in a vehicle," Nairn said.
