North Shore CIB have arrested two men aged 19 and 27 after recent robberies at two banks in suburban Birkenhead and Glenfield.
The men are appearing separately in the Whangarei and North Shore District Courts today for the robbery of the ANZ Bank in Glenfield on 3 June 2009, and the BNZ Bank in Birkenhead on 19 June 2009.
One offender was arrested by police in Whangarei on Friday night 3 July 2009 and the second offender was arrested in Birkdale on Saturday 4 July 2009.
Police say that the arrests were achieved as a result of excellent information received from members of the public. The penalty for robbery is ten years imprisonment.