9 Dec 2021

Man due in court on firearms-related charges after Ōtara incident.

11:17 am on 9 December 2021

A 40-year-old man has been charged with firearms offences after an incident in South Auckland.

Detail of the wall behind the judge in a court room at the Manukau District Court.

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Police were called shortly after 7pm on Wednesday a report of a man in possession of a firearm at an Ōtara address.

He was arrested at 10pm.

No-one was reported to be injured.

The man was due to appear in the Manukau District Court on Thursday.