Police have made an arrest after a manhunt in Cromwell which was linked to an earlier armed offenders squad callout in Waitati, near Dunedin. A police spokeswoman said they arrested the man, who sought following an incident in the West Coast overnight. Police earlier told the Greymouth Star they were hunting a man after a firearms incident near Greymouth. Armed police had cordoned off the entrance to Waitati, near Waitati School. Photo: Craig BaxterPolice earlier told the Greymouth Star they had launched a manhunt after an early morning firearms incident in Blaketown.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 11, 2021 01:13 UTC