Police van escape
PA Auckland An Otahuhu police van from which nine prisoners have escaped in the last three months is due to be replaced in March, a police spokesman said yesterday. When two prisoners fled at a motorway overbridge yesterday it was the fourth escape from the vehicle since July. Benjamin Rangitira Topia (also known as Mata), and
Stephen Wayne King wrenched out the internal mesh grille, knocked out a window, and leaped from the van about 9 a.m. The Auckland southern division police commander, Chief Superintendent L N. Bird, said that a new van would be designed for a police escort to travel with prisoners. . • Late last evening the police were still searching tor the escapers.
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