Police

Southland Police recently ran a successful road policing operation in the Invercargill area. The operation focused on targeting modified vehicles that were unfit and unsafe for the road with the aim to disrupt anti-social drivers from causing harm on the road. Over the course of the operation 22 veh

Police are reminding people in Invercargill to lock their cars even when parked in driveways after a number of vehicle break-ins. “Police have been surprised by the number of people who do not lock their vehicles at night, leaving handbags, wallets and other valuable items in vehicles,” says Detecti

Police have arrested a further two men, aged 18 and 23, in relation to two ram raids on Monday 15 August, one on Dee Street and the other business Found My Way on Windsor Street. These arrests are in addition to an 18-year-old taken into custody last week. Both men are due to appear in […]

Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a robbery on Crinan Street Sunday evening. At around 6.30pm a man entered a dairy on Crinan Street and demanded money from the shop attendant. The man then left on foot, heading east towards Ness Street with a quantity of cash, pouches of tobacco a

A person has died after their car rolled into a waterway off a Southland road. Emergency services were called to McDonald Road in Dipton West, near Break Neck Road, about 10am. The sole occupant of the vehicle was unresponsive and was unable to be revived. McDonald Road is currently closed while the

Police note the findings of an Independent Police Conduct Authority report into the use of force during an arrest in Invercargill in October 2020. The authority found the use of the Police dog was unjustified in this instance and that other tactical options would have been preferable. We note that O

Invercargill Police are continuing to investigate an aggravated robbery that occurred yesterday and urge anyone with information to contact Police. The incident took place at a service station on Elles road around 8:30pm last night. The occupants of the silver Nissan sought in a pervious appeal have

Invercargill Police are investigating an aggravated robbery on Elles Road tonight. A person entered a BP service station at around 8.25pm armed with a weapon – possibly a screwdriver. The person left the service station with a quantity of tobacco, and was seen entering a silver sedan – possibly a Ni