As chaos continues to grip the entire city, thieves have targeted retail shops all over Auckland during the night. Michael Hill Newmarket jewelry store on Broadway was assaulted by thieves before 4 a.m. Police arrived at the scene quickly.
A witness reported that security personnel quickly erected privacy screens around the entrance of the store to conceal the damage. However, some glass shards and other debris were scattered on the ground outside a large glass window of the store.
The incident took place at the same branch of Michael Hill that shocked the public with a brazen robbery back in July. During that incident, up to five men were seen smashing the store's counters with baseball bats and metal bars before taking off with jewelry. An eyewitness at the time told the Herald they saw their arms filled with items before fleeing. "They didn't stay in there for longer than 30 seconds - they were quick." In addition to the latest incident early this morning, authorities have also responded to a break-in at the Big Barrel Super Liquor Store on Mt Eden Rd.
At just past 2am, the third incident occurred at The Vape Shed - Glenfield Vape Shop on Bentley Ave in the North Shore. This comes after a series of home invasions occurred in the city the previous night, including an armed robbery at a dairy in the West Auckland area and a theft at a liquor store in the Auckland CBD. The Vape Shed has now become the eighth target of these attacks.
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