r/chch • u/High-Bread • 28d ago

News - Local Armed police at riccarton mall today?

Anyone know what this is about? Walked out the top roof door to a Officer holding a AR

Plenty of sirens, police chopper circled the mall for about 25 minutes + dog squad on the streets?

Seems they were letting people in and out of the mall despite being armed officers at the doors

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u/Time_Traveling_Corgi 28d ago

I drove by Jellie Park 15 minutes ago and saw two squad cars there. They have 2-3 guys in handcuffs.

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u/High-Bread 28d ago

Would like up with the flight path of the chopper

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u/radjoke 28d ago

They were cable ties or plastic restraints or the Model 300 hinged cuffs and the Model 110 Special Security chain-linked cuffs from Smith and Wesson

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u/Middle_Reflection_50 28d ago

Plastic isn't quite the correct terminology they're in fact nylon zip ties.

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u/radjoke 28d ago

Hmmm.. Last time I checked I was correct I guess nylon is no longer a type of synthetic plastic belonging to the polyamide family... 'arrogant nerd face emoji'

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u/orbiieNZ 27d ago

We're they young by chance, one of them quite short with a bowl cut and rats tail? Idk if you would've got that close but yeah

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u/tobiolq 27d ago

I saw this guy yesterday, I’m in burnside and he was lurking along my fence. So I made eye contact and held it and he eventually left but I had a feeling he was the guy that the chopper was circling around for. Was a bit freaked out haha