Two Kinleith men from the same property have been charged after two separate incidents of anti-social road behaviour – one involving a car doing “donut” in front of a police patrol.
The first of the two incidents occurred on August 22 outside a fast food restaurant in Tokoroa, Sergeant Matt Sillars said.
“Several cars were involved, performing both sustained loss of traction and burnouts, flooding the area with smoke, and the drivers immediately scattered when police arrived.”
Sillars said all of the cars had their license plates removed, “presumably to prevent us from identifying those involved”.
“However, it did not take us long to identify one of the cars – as we had seen the very same car while carrying out the search warrant six days earlier.”
On August 27, police had executed a search warrant at a Mamaku property.
“The car involved had been painted in a bid to disguise it, however police were able to confirm it was the same car involved in the gathering on 22 August.”
The car was impounded, and a 19-year-old man was summoned to appear in court for sustained loss of traction and dangerous driving.
‘Directly in front of police’
In an earlier incident on June 29, another vehicle performed a “sustained loss of traction” or donut directly in front of police officers. The patrol was attending to a report of an anti-social road user gathering on Mamaku South Road in rural Kinleith.
Sergeant Sillars said some “fairly simple inquiries” identified the driver.
“A search warrant was subsequently executed at a Mamaku property on 16 August, where the car was located and impounded.
“A 20-year-old man was also summonsed to appear in court for sustained loss of traction and driving while disqualified.”
Both men were set to reappear in Tokoroa District Court on September 3.
“Our communities are sick of the disruption and damage caused by this anti-social road user activity.
“Those involved should be on notice that even if we can’t take enforcement action at the time of such incidents, we will undertake follow-up enquiries in order to hold those involved to account.”
