A 23-year-old Alexandra man has been charged with a serious assault after a street fight in Alexandra late last month.

Alexandra Police Senior Constable Graham Perkins said the incident on July 27 involved a ‘king hit’ from behind on a man who was passing through town with his mates after a rugby match.

Once down on the ground, the victim was then kicked several times, and after reviewing CCTV footage, police established the incident was serious enough to warrant a charge of assault with intent to injure.

Snr Const Perkins said three firearms licences have also been temporarily suspended from those involved in the street fight.

“It’s very hard to get a firearms licence but also the easiest one to lose,” he said.

The 23-year-old man who was charged with the incident was a recent arrival from the North Island, along with a few others, and employed locally.

“They’re coming in from the North and we are coming down pretty hard on them,” he said.

In another incident, a Cromwell man, who was caught sending snapchat messages to 14-year-old Cromwell College students earlier this month, has been charged with various grooming offences.

Snr Const Perkins said the man had been leaving vape products for the teens to lure them out of school, and when police arrested him and he was released on bail, he then took off to the hills.

He told police he was heading back to work, while waiting on his court appearance, but then disappeared, and was reported as a missing person.

Snr Const Perkins said the man eventually turned up at Dunstan Hospital with hypothermia where he was dealt with by police.