The Armed Offenders Squad, detectives and dog handlers swooped on a Flaxmere address yesterday afternoon, and arrested a man for an aggravated robbery in Hastings earlier in the day.
Detective Senior Sergeant Dave de Lange said they executed a search warrant at the Kilkee Terrace house about 4.30pm where they located a 25-year-old man who was subsequently charged in relation to the earlier offending at a dwelling in the Mayfair area. He will appear in the Hastings District Court today.
Mr De Lange said nobody was injured during the aggravated robbery.
During the serving of the warrant, one AOS member was seen with a police battering ram, used to smash in doors. About five police cars were on the scene.
After about 30 minutes at the property, police escorted the handcuffed man, with a cigarette in his mouth, down the driveway and into a patrol car.