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Armed police block roads after multiple police cars hit by car in Taupo

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Armed police in central Tokoroa after three police cars were hit. Photo / Jason Hoogendyk

Armed police in central Tokoroa after three police cars were hit. Photo / Jason Hoogendyk

Armed police blocked two roads in Taupo this afternoon after three police vehicles were damaged.

The initial incident occurred at 2.30pm in central Tokoroa, a police spokesperson confirmed.

The vehicle's occupants fled from police in the car and it has been tracked south on State
Highway 1 to Acacia Bay,
Taupo, where it has been located dumped.

A Taupo resident said that Pitiroi and Noble St had been blocked off and armed police were at the scene.

A police spokesperson said that police were making inquiries in the area to locate the vehicle's occupants.

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