Friday January 16, 2015
Police caught a man riding a 50cc Moped scooter in Kerikeri soon after he had burgled a pharmacy in the town.
About 2.30am this morning the 24-year-old man broke into the Unichem Pharmacy. As he went inside an alarm sounded and he
took off.
Just over an hour later Police found the man driving his scooter down the Heritage Bypass from Kerikeri Road. They
activated their sirens and lights to get him to stop, but he continued driving towards Waipapa Road travelling at speeds
of about 35km/h.
Eventually Police managed to get alongside him and he pulled over and stopped.
The man has been charged with possessing an offensive weapon, possessing a knife in a public place, failing to stop and
burglary.
Pharmacy owner Vicki Douglas says there was damage to the door, but nothing had been taken.
She said Police had done a fantastic job and it was great to see them at the pharmacy when she went to check on it in
the early hours.