Two armed men have been arrested after fleeing from police and leading them on a wild 32km chase from south to west Auckland on Sunday afternoon.
In a statement, police said they responded to reports of a man allegedly in possession of a gun in Papatoetoe just before 3:40pm.
Inspector Martin Brown said police conducted searches in the nearby area, but were initially unable to locate the suspect.
But during this time, police signalled for a car to pull over in King Street, Papatoetoe but it failed to do so.
The car drove for several minutes around the Otahuhu area before the driver and passenger abandoned the car in Church Street in Otahuhu.
"Two men ran off and shortly after approached another vehicle, near Great South Road," Brown said.
"The two men have climbed into the vehicle, and the vehicle has continued driving."
Brown said police are still investigating whether or not this driver was known to the two men.
"The driver has subsequently got out of the vehicle and the two men have driven off with the second vehicle," Brown said
The police eagle helicopter followed the car north on the motorway at some distance in case the two men tried to take another car.
"The vehicle has eventually come to a stop after crashing into a fence in Makora Road in Massey," Brown said.
"The two male occupants were arrested at the scene."
Brown said the men, who are both in their twenties, will face charges relating to driving, unlawfully taking motor-vehicles and firearms.
"A firearm was seized from inside the first abandoned vehicle - we don't currently have information that would confirm this was the firearm from the original reported incident," Brown said.
"Fortunately, no one was injured during this series of events."
Brown urges anyone with more information about this incident to contact police.
"Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact Police on 105 quoting event number P052108350. You can also contact Crime Stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
