Larry Williams Drive

There is something that jumps out at you when you wake up to the news of all the overnight ram raids each morning: how many of these places have been targeted more than once? The Takanini Bottle-O hit at 2 this morning, for the second time in three weeks. The Kingsland dairy ram raided at 3 yesterday morning. The third attack this year. The Mount Eden liquor store ram raided at 4:30 on Saturday morning. It had also been attacked the night before. The Newmarket clothing store ram raided at 1 on Saturday morning. The second attempt in months. The Howick Liquorland ram raided at 6 on Sunday morning. The second attack in five weeks. And then how many times have you woken up to the news that the offenders have been caught? Not even in half the stories I'm reading each morning. It’s really no surprise then that we hear Auckland business owners are buying hockey sticks, baseball bats and in some instances, arming themselves with more serious weapons to defend themselves. But the really concerning thing is that it sh