Albany mall jewellery store robbed

Hundreds of shoppers fled as a masked group robbed a jewellery store at a mall in Auckland last night. Westfield Albany confirmed a group of men ran into the mall and smashed cabinets at the Michael Hill Jeweller store. A witness said they heard a loud bang near the food court just before 7pm then saw “hundreds of people” running out of the mall. Earlier this week, police arrested 14 young people after a spate of aggravated robberies in Auckland and Waikato. Auckland City police arrested six people after an aggravated robbery at St Lukes Mall last week. Offenders wearing masks and carrying batons targeted Stewart Dawson’s, smashing glass cabinets and grabbing jewellery before fleeing. About $371,000 worth of jewellery was reportedly stolen from the store.