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The Press Three Dutch tourists, who claimed
they were robbed at gunpoint while camping in Akaroa,
will appear in the Christchurch District Court today for allegedly fabricating
the incident. Detective Sergeant Ross Tarawhiti, of Hornby CIB, said
the three men, aged 19, 24 and 29, had been charged with making a false
complaint to police. The men were arrested in a joint
police and customs operation at Christchurch International Airport yesterday
as they tried to leave the country bound for Melbourne with the reportedly
stolen items on them. The men claimed they were robbed
on Sunday, February 10, at 2am, in a layby on the
road about 15 minutes from Akaroa. They said three men of Polynesian
appearance smashed through the front passenger's window of the tourists'
hired campervan with a beer bottle. The tourists said the men searched
the vehicle and demanded money, getting away with a small amount of cash and
electronic items -- including laptops and digital cameras. |
