Armed police are hunting for a man
Armed police are hunting for a man who is believed to be carrying a rifle after he fled from an officer who had pulled him over on an isolated road near Kaitaia.
The police Armed Offenders Squad was flown from Whangarei to search for the man, who disappeared into dense bush after being stopped on Duncan Rd, Kaia ngaroa, just after 1pm today.
The man is under stood to have been involved in a police pursuit earlier in the day, but managed to evade police on that occasion.
