Gang member wanted for kidnapping arrested

A Black Power gang member wanted by police investigating a kidnapping and home invasion has been arrested in New Plymouth.

Officers had been looking for Wayne Clarke after a woman was kidnapped, stabbed and beaten in Lower Hutt ten days ago.

The following day the occupants of a Naenae house were attacked in a home invasion involving two men.

Clarke will appear in the New Plymouth District Court on several charges.

- NEWSTALK ZB