Alexandra Police are still looking for information in relation to two arson incidents inside public toilets in Alexandra last week.

Fire services were called to Molyneux Playground public toilets on June 3, and later that evening it was also discovered that the Molyneux Park scoreboard exeloos had also been damaged as well.

Both the playground public toilets and ccoreboard toilets will remain closed to the public until the police have finished investigating and the clean-up has been conducted.

Police would like to hear from anyone who has CCTV, dash cam or was witness to any of those events. Please contact Police on 105 – and reference the Police file number 250604/2428. 

In other police matters, at approximately 3:00am on Sunday June 8, Police, FENZ and St John were called to a single car vehicle crash on State Highway 6 in the Kawarau Gorge. The driver of the vehicle left the road, flipping the vehicle, which come to rest on its roof. 

The 22-year-old occupant of the vehicle was compelled to complete breath alcohol procedures, which returned a positive result. The driver has been charged and will appear in the Alexandra District Court in July. 

On June 8, Police patrolling the Roxburgh are conducted a vehicle stop. When spoken to the 38-year-old driver was identified as wanted to arrest by police for an unrelated matter. After arrest, a large amount of cannabis was also located in his possession in the vehicle. He was charged with drug related offences and was remanded in custody, awaiting a court hearing in June. 

Police in Cromwell and Alexandra attended vehicle crashes this week at intersections – which were controlled by give way signs. On those occasions it appeared that the driver error was not ensuring the road was clear to proceed through the intersection. 

Police would like to remind drivers to take their time, pay attention – ensuring they have given way to through traffic and once it was safe to do so, proceed into the intersection. 

And lastly, police were urging people to check in on friends, family, and neighbours, especially elderly and vulnerable members of our community. As the weather gets colder, people may be struggling and unable reach out – a phone call goes a long way.