Auckland faculty pupils robbed by gun-wielding trio

The 2 males who dedicated the theft and their feminine getaway driver stay at giant as of Saturday afternoon.

Police say two males approached the pupils of ACG Strathallan on Clevedon Rd within the rural Auckland village south of town, demanding they hand over their cash and cell phones.

One of many males offered a gun through the theft.

They absconded with the pupils’ telephones in a white or silver station wagon pushed by a girl, a police spokeswoman mentioned.

The ACG pupils had taken a bus from the personal, co-educational faculty in Karaka to Clevedon.

They have been ready to be picked up by their household from Clevedon Village Corridor, in response to an e-mail to folks after the incident from government principal Danny O’Connor obtained by the Herald.

“Whereas they have been ready, they have been approached by three individuals who demanded their cash and telephones, and one in every of them revealed that they have been carrying a gun,” his e-mail mentioned.

“Fortunately, the scholars concerned on this incident are protected and weren’t bodily harmed. It is a very severe incident which has been reported to the police.

“The police are investigating this incident, and we’re hopeful that the perpetrators of this crime are caught as quickly as doable.

“That is an unprecedented occasion, and we admire that this info will come as a shock to you, our college students, and the broader neighborhood.”

O’Connor mentioned the bus route would run as ordinary, however urged dad and mom to take the extra security precaution of ready to be picked up on the Clevedon Dairy.

“Our ideas are with the victims of this traumatic incident, and we’ll work with them to make sure that they obtain the help they want over the approaching days and weeks.”

The Herald is searching for remark from ACG and O’Connor.

Police urged anybody with info to contact police by calling 105 or going surfing to 105.police.govt.nz utilizing ‘Replace Report’, and quoting the file quantity 230316/0760.

Data can be supplied anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

By George Block