Queenstown Police appeal for information after commercial burglary
Queenstown Police are appealing for information from the public following a burglary in Remarkables Park.
At around 2.15am today, Police were alerted to a burglary at a commercial premises at the intersection of Tex Smith Lane and Hawthorne Drive. A stolen vehicle has been used to unlawfully enter the premises, where two offenders have taken around $900 of alcohol.
The offenders have fled the area, travelling to Kelvin Height Peninsula, where the vehicle was located abandoned and submerged in Lake Whakatipu at around 2.30am.
Police are working with Coastguard Queenstown and Queenstown Lakes District Council to retrieve the vehicle.
Enquiries into the incident are ongoing, and Police are appealing for information from the public to assist in our investigation.
Police would like to hear from anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage between 2am and 2.40am on Monday 10 November around the Remarkables Park and Kelvin Heights areas.
Police also ask anyone who may have any information about the incident to please contact us.
Members of the public may see an increase in reassurance patrols in and around commercial business areas while our enquiries are ongoing.
If you have any information, CCTV, or dashcam footage that may assist in our enquiries, please contact us online through 105.police.govt.nz, clicking "Update Report" or by calling 105.
Please use the reference number P064408540.
Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 0800 555 111.
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