Two fugitives found

Press, 24 February 1986, Page 1

Two fugitives found

PA Gisborne . The second of. three armed men sought in. a big police search. in the " Raymond Maraki Thompson, aged 20, was found by the police hitchhiking on the main east coast highway at 11.35 a.m. near Tolaga Bay, about 50km north of Gisborne. . On Saturday afternoon Christopher William Campbell, aged 29, . walked on to a family farm near Ruatoria and gave himself up to his brother, Constable Pan! Campbell. f ' - The District Police Commander, Superintendent Paul Wiseman, said Christopher Campbell had now been arrested and charged with unlawfully ' detaining ’ Detective. Ser-: geant Laurie Naden. He

will appear, in the District . Court at Gisborne today. The> ■•police are still searching for the third mart-Cody Haua, aged 27. . Cl .■Mr; Wiseman.- said two„ firearms had been recovered, including the police weapon taken morning. Still missing is a .22: rifle.. Meanwhile, there , was another suspicious Are in Ruatoria on Saturday evening, this time involving a house occupied by . self-professed Rastafarians. ' ' The house,, between 50. and 60 years old, was destroyed. Further' north, . part of the Ruatoria State. Forest near Te Araora appears to have been deliberately set alight oh Saturday * afternoon. The Are was first seen about .1 p.m/, and was in 12 hectares of--10-year-old Pinus radiata.