Help sought after suspicious fire in Kaipara

Police investigating a suspicious fire in Kaipara are appealing for the public’s help.

Emergency services were called to a bach fire on Komiti Road in Tinopai on the evening of Friday 22 January.

Initial enquiries indicate a man had been living at the property for several months without the owner’s knowledge and methamphetamine was being manufactured there.

The man is described as European, in his 30s to 40s with light brown hair and tattoos over his arms and legs.

He was driving a red hatchback with parts of the body work painted black.

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