{"id":894,"date":"2007-10-15T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T02:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2007-10-15T19:11:47","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T09:11:47","slug":"police-raid-houses-across-aotearoa-under-anti-terrorism-legislation-at-least-a-dozen-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Police raid houses across Aotearoa under anti-terrorism legislation, at least a dozen arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nationwide anti-terrorism raids, 14 arrested<\/a>, New Zealand Herald<\/em>
\nMajor police anti-terror and firearms raids carried out<\/a>, TV3<\/strong>
\nArea sealed off in anti-terror operation<\/a>, Sunday Star-Times<\/em>
\nNew Zealand activists held in anti-terrorism raids: reports<\/a>, AFP<\/strong>
\nAnti-terror raids in New Zealand<\/a>, The Age<\/em>
\nArmed New Zealand police seize weapons, make arrests in raids<\/a>, AP<\/strong>, International Herald Tribune<\/em>
\nArrests in NZ anti-terrorist swoop<\/a>, AAP<\/strong>, The Age<\/em>
\nNew Zealand police swoop on weapon training camps<\/a>, Reuters<\/strong>
\nExclusive footage of police raid on Wellington activist house<\/a>, TV3<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Department of Shit-I-Didn’t-Realise-There-Was-An-Election-Looming<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Early this morning there were simultaneous raids across the North Island, in Auckland, Whakatane, Wellington, Ruatoki, and Hamilton. Later in the morning, police came to at least four houses in Christchurch. Around a dozen people have been arrested so far, and reports are that up to 60 are being sought for questioning.<\/p>\n

The raids were under the Suppression Of Terrorism Act<\/em> and the Firearms Act<\/em>. They have been targeted at people involved in the Tino Rangatiratanga<\/em>, peace and environmental movements.<\/p>\n

Check out Aotearoa Indymedia<\/a> for more details as they come to hand.<\/p>\n

Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n

1:43pm<\/em> – The people arrested in Wellington will apparently appear in court at 2:15pm, and word is that cops will be opposing bail. It is not yet known what charges have been laid. Tame Iti will face arms charges in the Rotorua District Court this afternoon.<\/p>\n

3:13pm<\/em> – The four Wellington arrestees are still waiting to be heard in court, but we have received information that they are being charged with possession of firearms and ammunition at some point in the past.<\/p>\n

3:52pm<\/em> – It is now being reported that there have been around 20 arrests, including 10 in Auckland, 4 in Wellington and 2 in Rotorua.<\/p>\n

4:19pm<\/em> – From the corporate media: The operation “will probably be going on for a couple of days yet,” Jane Archibald, a police spokeswoman based in Wellington. It is also being reported that over 300 police officers were involved nationwide.<\/p>\n

5:08pm<\/em> – Just received word that the four Wellington arrestees have been denied bail, and will be back in court on Wednesday. No word yet on the arrestees in the other centres.<\/p>\n

5:26pm<\/em> – All four Wellington arrestees have received name suppression.<\/p>\n

6:34pm<\/em> – Reports are that 17 people were arrested in total today. In Auckland, there were apparently only 6 arrests (not 10 as reported earlier), 5 of whom have name suppression.<\/p>\n

? – A copy of the search warrant served on [A Space Inside — not<\/a><\/em> 128] is available for viewing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source<\/em> : Anarchia<\/a><\/p>\n

ALSO!<\/strong><\/p>\n