(File photo) Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Another Auckland liquor store has been ram raided in Auckland, this time a West Liquor store in Henderson.
Police said a group stole several items from the store in Henderson Valley Rd, before fleeing in two cars.
One was later found abandoned.
RNZ understands the store's front was already boarded up from a previous burglary.
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