A 36-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill someone with a weapon they were wielding at a BP petrol station in Newmarket. Image / Google
A 36-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill someone with a weapon they were wielding at a BP petrol station in Newmarket. Image / Google
A person has been arrested and charged after allegedly threatening to kill someone with a weapon they were wielding at a Newmarket petrol station.
Police said they responded to an incident at a petrol station on Khyber Pass Rd about 6.50pm on Saturday.
โThe man allegedly approached someone at apetrol station and threatened them with a weapon.โ
Footage posted to social media platform TikTok shows seven police vehicles lined up on Khyber Pass Rd, less than 100m from the BP petrol station.
A horde of officers appear to be bunched up outside Sun World Chinese Restaurant.
Police said a 36-year-old man was located nearby a short time after the incident and was taken into custody.
Police outside the Sun World Chinese Restaurant in Newmarket yesterday after a man allegedly threatened to kill someone with a weapon they were wielding. Photo / TikTok / Vailima_685
โ[He] has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon, assaulting police and threatening to kill.โ
The man is due to appear in the Auckland District Court on Monday.
