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Fifteen boyracers are without their cars this morning after a police operation in Christchurch overnight.
Acting Senior Sergeant Greg Murton said 70 police were involved and targeted illegally modified vehicles and driver behaviour.
Fifteen vehicles were impounded for unpaid fines, and/or being illegally modified. As well, a large number of infringement notices were issued for driving offences.
The operation would continue tonight.
It is part of a clampdown on boyracers in the city following an attack on a police officer on January 31.
Sergeant Nigel Armstrong was ambushed by up to 300 boyracers when he responded to a complaint in Wigram. They threw bottles at him and fired at his patrol car with an air or slug rifle, forcing him to flee.
Lewis John Garton, 17, has been charged with assaulting a police officer with a weapon, and unlawful assembly. He will reappear in Christchurch District Court on Wednesday.
- NZPA
