Matthew Backhouse
Assistant Chief of Staff
Senior reporter, NZ Herald
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Concerns over man digging in bin led to arrest
A man caught rummaging through a bin outside a Hamilton business was arrested with thousands of dollars of cash and a haul of suspected drugs and paraphernalia.
Teenage girl arrested over theft of a cache of firearms
A teenage girl and a man have been arrested over the theft of a cache of firearms in Hamilton this week.