Armed police have arrested a teenager who allegedly planned to threaten a Lower Hutt resident with an air rifle.
The armed offenders squad was called to a property in Wainuiomata about 3.30pm today.
Police had been told a 16-year-old boy planned to take what was believed to be a .22 calibre rifle and threaten a local Wainuiomata resident.
Officers cordoned off a property and arrested a 16-year-old boy without incident.
Armed offenders squad members found one weapon, believed to be an air rifle, at the property.
