06:00am Patrol spotted a jet ski parked by itself in a strange location on Poplar Lane.

No Plates,  Police were contacted who picked up the Jetski for safe keeping.

Police advise it was stolen over night from Mt Maunganui, the owner will be pleased to get it back.

A taxi possably stolen crashed into a Large Jumbo bin on Dunlop Road and was dumped in Donovan Park2 occupants ran off from the car.

Police enquiries are continuing.

After following for several minutes phoned Police to pass details.

The car was reported stolen taken in a burglary.

The patrol continued to follow when the car pulled over outside BlackStump state highway 2 Papamoa / Te Puke and occupants began to run away from car.

The car rolled into the ditch.

Our patrol car cut the three occupants off as they tried to run into an orchard, three returned to the car and were taken away by police for enquires. 2 Females and 1 Male.

Security patrol parked outsdie shops talking to a night owl patrol and heard a car at speed heading into town from Waitangi.

A white Honda Accord doing excess of 140km came towards the two parked cars on Jellicoe Street wrong side of passing through a roundabout then  narrowly missing another Ute coming from the correct direction, continuing through a second round about wrong side of road.

The offending car continued  on wrong side of road until reaching Cameron Road.

The car was found abandoned and police are looking into who was driving.

On inspection they found a broken window in the garage a brick had hit the car damaging it as well.

We beleave as the address is well off the road this was check on the address to see if anyone was home.

A second brick was in the garden just short of the window.

No response would have possably seen a break in.

The amount of people that drove at speed around the Police Road block was amazing none of them could stop within their viwing distance.

If your driving use your eyes on highbeam. Look ahead!

Check the road ahead of you not just a car length in front.

If its wet slow down!!!!

If it hadnt been a divertion at the intersection but another accident everyone that went around the road block would have crashed.
Warning lights are there for a reason don”t ignore them, slow down look for instruction from the person at the scene.

It was spotted parking in Commerce lane in a Kinder Gaerden carpark.

The patrol Barry Jones and Steve went to investigate, to find it reversing no lights into the road where it stalled.

Confirmming registration security notified Police and then managed to grab the offender as he tried to roll start the Ute.

He was arrested for drink driving and other offences.

Police dog section went to work quickly catching one and a second was dealt with shortly after.

Security assisted with area patrols.

There has been a major increase in thefts from cars over the last 2 weeks, please lock your cars and remove valuables where you can.

Stolen car Found

One lady in Papamoa who was visiting area thought her car was stolen, Prowler Security Patrol staff found her car.

It turns out she had exited the wrong beach access happly runited with car.

Just after the local bar closing most groups had left for home, then fighting broke out in Queen Street / Jocelyne Street resulting in one arrest.
Within 10 minutes another major fight started Jellicoe Street and Boucher Avenue. Several people were injured durring the fights with some weapons being used. Bottles and wood.

The fighting lasted a little over 10 minutes.