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STRUGGLE WITH ARMED MAN

ARREST BY POLICE SERGEANT NIGHT SEARCH IN SUBURB OF AUCKLAND (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 24 a struggle in the dark, Sergeant E. Jensen, of Auckland, overwm>ered,an? handcuffed a man armed with a loaded .303 rifle in Willerton avenue, New Lynn, late yesterday. The stotiA Was tak J n . to the Central Police StaUon. and tomorrow will face a Coirt Ot charges in the Magistrate’s P°' ice were called by neighbours after shots were fired about 10.30 p.m p° !lce found a .303 bullet te’ta edded j!L the hack of a cupboard in the arrested man’s house. The police w ® r ® directed to the house, where =H™!) bo .1 rs had seen a man running about the front lawn shouting and brandishing a rifle. But he had disappeared when the police Strived. Going into the house, the police found a woman in a state of collapse. Armed with an automatic pistol. Ser. geant Jensen searched nearby gardens. He heard a slight rustling in some bushes, into which he rushed, affd grappled with a man, disarming him before any more shots were fired.

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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27642, 26 April 1955, Page 12

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STRUGGLE WITH ARMED MAN Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27642, 26 April 1955, Page 12

STRUGGLE WITH ARMED MAN Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27642, 26 April 1955, Page 12