It's wanton violence and we've got no tolerance for it.
That's the message from police hunting a gang of heavily armed offenders believed to be responsible for a string sport bar robberies in central Auckland suburbs.
In the most recent incident a worker at Wapiti Sports bar in Point Chevalier bar had a gun pointed at their head.
Four masked robbers armed with hammers and a firearm confronted staff as they were locking up in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Just a day earlier another bar a few blocks down the road was hit. A shot ws fired and the bullet lodged in the wall behind the bar. Money was taken from the till and gaming machines.
And in a third robbery a Mount Albert sport bars was hit too. Detective Senior Sergeant Ash Matthews believes all are linked.
