A third person has been arrested in connection to two armed robberies in the eastern Bay of Plenty last month.
The Mobil Service Station in Waihi and the Park Road Dairy in Katikati were robbed within half an hour of each other on the morning of June 18.
A 19-year-old unemployed man from Te Aroha has been charged with two charges of assault with intent to rob as well as two charges of unlawful possession of a firearm.
He will appear in the Tauranga District Court today.
Police had been seeking 19-year-old Rastaman Rapatini in relation to the robberies, but police say he is no longer being sought.
