A young family has been left traumatised and scared after 10 youths ram raided their North Shore dairy, which they live above.
Nimesh Patel was woken by an alarm just before 1am, peering out his window to see several kids and teens smashing stolen vehicles through his shopfront.
Ten suspects then sped off, tracked by the police chopper, over Auckland Harbour Bridge before being arrested several kilometres from the crime scene.
Mr Patel told Checkpoint the attack's left his family frightened, and his shop ruined.
Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro have the story.