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Two charged over Facebook Marketplace robbery in Auckland

By 1News Reporters
Wednesday 4:57pm

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Two people have been charged after an alleged aggravated robbery in Howick this afternoon.

Police were called to the incident on Union Rd at about 2.45pm, after a report a person held a firearm during a Facebook Marketplace transaction.

"The offender fled the scene on foot but was shortly picked up by a vehicle," police said.

"Thankfully, the victim was uninjured."

With the assistance of the Eagle helicopter, police located the vehicle in Glen Innes.

Two 19-year-old males were then arrested.

On Thursday, police said the two men appeared in Manukau District Court charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm, unlawfully possessing ammunition and aggravated robbery with a firearm.

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