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Armed police swoop on Richmond property Simon Bloomberg Reporter
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Police are still looking for two men involved in an alleged altercation and robbery that resulted in a call out involving armed police and a police dog and handler searching a house on Stratford St in Richmond on Friday. The rare sight of armed police marching through Richmond streets was a “necessary response to a potentially dangerous situation” that developed after two men took off following the incident, senior sergeant Blair Hall says. Police launched the operation after receiving information from a member of the public about the location of a vehicle related to the incident at a Collins Rd property. Police responded quickly, closing off Stratford St before searching a property on that street. Two armed officers carrying rifles were involved in the search as a “precaution” after reports that the incident may have been gang-related. “We had officers armed because we didn’t know who we’re dealing with,” senior sergeant Blair Hall told the Waimea Weekly. “The
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Sarah Clark of Sinful Coffee with Richmond-Waimea RSA treasurer Stuart Mirfin and some of the Anzac biscuits Sarah made for Anzac Day. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.
Sarah’s a smart cookie baker Simon Bloomberg Sinful Coffee staff member and keen baker Sarah Clark’s fundraiser for the Anzac Poppy Day appeal was so successful that she
is already planning to do a bigger “mass production” version next year. Sarah baked around 80 Anzac biscuits and sold 20 packets of the beautifully-wrapped cook-
ies at Sinful Coffee as a fundraiser for the Poppy Day appeal. She thought she’d “easily baked enough to last the three days” leading up to Anzac Day, but they sold out so quickly she had
to bake enough for another 30 bags to meet the demand. “We always do lots of fundraising things at Sinful so, when
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