Seeking information: Suspicious fires in the area
Northland Police investigating a spate of suspicious fires in the area are appealing to the public for information.
Detective Sergeant Paul Overton says Police and Fire and Emergency services responded to reports of a fire on on Pataua North Road, Whareora on the morning of 20 May.
“At around 7am, about 15 T8 Traffic Control cones were taken from a stretch of road under maintenance, stacked in the middle of the road, covered in diesel and set alight.
“A second set of stacked cones were set alight further up the road.”
Detective Sergeant Overton says in the past seven months Police have also received a number of reports in relation to suspicious bush and scrub fires in the Matapouri, Tutukaka, Ngunguru and Pataua areas.
“We encourage anyone who was in these areas or has any information about any of these fires to get in touch.”
If you have any information that could help our enquiries, update us online now or call 105.
Please use the reference number 250520/3428.
Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
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