Three people are being interviewed by police after two armed men broke into a Hamilton house and threatened two girls.
About 2am, police received a call from a girl saying two men , one with a gun, had broken into her Bankwood Rd home, Acting Senior Sergeant Jason McKay said.
The caller said she was 14 and there was a girlfriend of a similar age with her in the house at the time.
The men allegedly used an air rifle to smash a ranch slider door to gain entry to the house and threatened the two girls.
Neither girl was injured and the men fled the area in a red car, Mr McKay said.
The Waikato armed offenders squad cordoned off an address in the suburb Rototuna.
Meanwhile, Hamilton police were speaking with another man regarding a separate incident in a nearby area earlier in the night.
About 12.50am police received reports that a man had thrown a pot-plant at a car in the suburb of Queenwood , Mr McKay said.
"He's then threatened the car's owners, who came out to investigate the disturbance, with a broken golf club."
The victims managed to restrain the man and call police, who arrested him.
He is also being questioned about nearby garage fire which appeared to have been deliberately lit.
"The man arrested for the earlier incident was found in possession of a burnt compass from the car and the golf club he had armed himself with came from the garage that was set on fire," Mr McKay said.
- NZPA
Armed men break into house, threaten girls
File photo / Brett Phibbs
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