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(file photo) Photo: Auckland police have responded to a series of burglaries overnight in several suburbs. About 3am a BP station on Manukau Road in the central suburb of Epsom was ram-raided, with vaping products stolen from the business. The BP station's staff members said this was the second time they had been targeted. A retail store 50km away in Pukekohe was also ram-raided. Police said they tried to stop the vehicle on State Highway 1, but it escaped. Police's Eagle helicopter was used to locate the car and it was spiked in the Manurewa area. Two teenagers, aged 13 and 14, have been taken into custody. In a separate incidents, windows of a dairy in the southern suburb of Takanini were smashed just after 2am. At 3.15am, a store on Alfred Street in central Auckland was broken into and goods were stolen. A police spokesperson said they were examining CCTV footage to see what had been stolen. Ten minutes later, at 3.40am, the windows of a New Lynn liquor store were smashed. Police said investigations were ongoing in all incidents. Tags: * crime * police * Auckland Region Share this * Share on Twitter * Share on Facebook * Share via email * Share on Reddit * Share on Linked In Copyright © 2022, Radio New Zealand Subscribe to RNZ's Daily Newsletter ____________________ ____________________ Subscribe View latest newsletter Next story in New Zealand Impossible to measure impact of nurses' refusal to work extra shifts - union Related Stories * Michael Hill store in Takapuna ram-raided 5 Oct 2022 police car at night in street A Michael Hill store has been ram-raided in Auckland, the latest in a series of break-ins targeting the chain. Michael Hill store in Takapuna ram-raided * Auckland robberies: South Auckland stores targeted 26 Sep 2022 Harvey Norman store, Cavendish Drive, Manukau. A Harvey Norman store in Manukau was burgled and a phone repair shop in Panmure also targeted. 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