Third youth in custody

Police have taken a third young person into custody in relation to an aggravated robbery in Invercargill.

At about 3.30am on Monday, police were alerted to four people entering a store on North Road.

The group targeted cigarettes and tobacco before fleeing in a vehicle.

Yesterday police located the youth and took them into custody without incident.

The young person appeared in Invercargill Youth Court yesterday.

Two other youths were also due to appear in Invercargill Youth Court yesterday, charged with aggravated robbery.