To be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant James Bothamley, North Shore Police
We are investigating a report of an approach to a teenage boy on his way to school yesterday morning.
The 14 year-old boy was walking along Lancaster Road in Beachhaven at around 8am. He has described being approached by a man aged in his 60’s, with a tattoo on his face, being grabbed by the man and put into his car, but managing to fight him off and run away.
The boy has described the distinctive tattoo as the following;
-A dragon; the dragon’s mouth was over the man’s mouth and the body of the dragon went from his left ear, across his check to his mouth.
The boy is thought to have suffered several seizures during this time. Anyone who saw a teenage boy in uniform walking on that road and looking unwell, who may have stopped to help, is asked to contact North Shore Police.
The boy will be interviewed in the next few days by specialist child interviewers. Until this interview has occurred and we have established a fuller picture of the circumstances, we are unable to comment further.
The community can be reassured that we are taking this matter seriously. Tattooists who may have recently tattooed a man with a tattoo of that description are asked get in touch.
Anyone with information about the tattoo, or who stopped to help a young boy yesterday morning in Beachhaven is asked to contact North Shore CIB on 09 477 5261.
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Beth Bates/NZ Police