Man sped through border with gun in car boot

A gun was found in a man’s car after he sped through a freight lane at the Auckland-Waikato border, police say. Officers saw the car at the Rawiri Rd checkpoint in Mangatawhiri on Thursday night. It was travelling through a freight lane at speed with the headlights off, a police spokesman said. Police stopped the car on State Highway 2 and found a rifle in the boot. A 41-yearold man has been charged with a number of offences, including unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. A 63-year-old man was also arrested at a southern checkpoint on Thursday after allegedly refusing to provide any details about his travel to police. He was warned but continued to refuse to give any details, so was arrested, the spokesman said. At the same checkpoint, a 31-year-old woman was also arrested in relation to burglaries in Cambridge.