Tauranga service station ram-raided in brazen robbery

Caltex at Tauriko has been robbed after a brazen ram-raid overnight. Photo/George Novak

A Tauranga service station was ram-raided overnight by knife-wielding robbers.

The attack at Tauriko's Caltex Service Station is the latest in a spate of aggravated robberies and ram raids plaguing the city.

Police are still at the station on State Highway 29 this morning.

Officers were called to the service station about 2.10am after a person drove a vehicle into the front door of the store and two other offenders entered.

At least one was carrying a knife, police said.

The offenders fled in the vehicle with cigarettes and cash.

No one was injured but witnesses are receiving ongoing support.

The robbery comes after a series of others, including the knife-point robbery of a Te Puke takeaway store on Friday and a ram-raid attack on Maungatapu Superette. View footage of the Maungatapu Superette raid below.

Police have asked anyone who has information to contact them on (07) 577 4300 or anonymously on Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.

Raids on Tauranga stores

• April 6: Tauranga Liquorland, Cameron Rd - Two men with wooden sticks assault a staff member
• April 26: Lucky 7 Superette, Maungatapu Rd - Three offenders rob store, one armed with pistol
• April 28: Thirsty Liquor store, Chapel St - Alcohol, cigarettes and till stolen in ram-raid
• May 2: United Video Fraser St - Female shop assistant robbed by man with machete
• May 3: Quality Food and Spices - Attempted armed robbery with hammer
• May 7: Carlisle St Convenience Store - Two men rob store, one armed with a hammer
• May 11: Maungatapu Superette - Money taken in ram-raid but attempt to take cigarettes fails
• May 12: Te Puke Noodles and Takeaways - Masked man uses knife to threaten staff and steal cash
• May 17: Caltex Tauriko - Ram-raid with at least one of three offenders carrying a knife steal cigarettes and cash