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Firearms Incident - Tauranga

"Firearms Incident - Tauranga - Bay of Plenty"

Tauranga Boys College was placed in lockdown this afternnon as police searched the area for several people who had been seen by a member of the public with what appeared to be firearms. Police were called at 2:45 pm a 2 young men carrying what appeared to firearms on the corner of Fifteenth Avenue and Devonport Road. Police set up cordons and armed officers checked the area, including the grounds of the Tauranga Boys College. No sign of the men or the guns was found and the school was cleared to re-open at about 3:30pm.


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