Pizza delivery man robbed at gunpoint

The alleged gunman refused to pay for his $23 worth of pizzas. Photo / File

A pizza delivery man has been robbed at gunpoint in Tauranga.

The worker was delivering an order to an address in the suburb of Parkvale when the alleged gunman refused to pay for his $23 worth of pizzas.

The man was allegedly armed with a handgun, and demanded the worker hand over the food without payment, police said.

The delivery man ran away and phoned police.

The Tauranga armed offenders squad was sent to the scene and a man in his 20s arrested at around 11pm.

He was being interviewed by police overnight, while an officer guarded the scene of the robbery.

Enquiries would continue this morning, police said.