Police can provide a short update in an investigation into a child being located in a suitcase in a bus luggage compartment in Kaiwaka on 3 August.
Acting Detective Inspector Simon Harrison, of Waitematā CIB, says the child is medically well and we are working with whānau and our partner agencies to ensure the child is cared for.
A 27-year-old woman has been charged with ill-treatment/neglect of a child and will appear in North Shore District Court today.
“We appreciate there is high public interest with what has happened,” acting Detective Inspector Harrison says.
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