27 Mar 2023

Two more youths arrested after Blenheim vape store burglaries

1:50 pm on 27 March 2023
E-cigarette, also known as a vape pen.

The store has been hit three times in just eight days. Photo: AFP

Marlborough police have made a further two arrests following repeated burglaries of a vape store.

Two teenagers were arrested on Friday after the Blenheim store was broken into earlier that morning.

It was the latest of three burglaries targeting the store across an eight-day period, with the two offenders referred to Youth Aid.

Police said on Monday two more youths had been arrested and referred to the agency.

A Blenheim property was raided on Sunday where a number of items relating to an earlier burglary were recovered.

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