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A group of girls as young as 12 have been caught in relation to a string of break ins and a ramraid in Christchurch in the early hours of Saturday.
A supermarket, fish and chip shop and dairy in Christchurch were all targeted by the alleged thieves.
A group of girls, two aged 12, one 14-year-old and one 15-year-old were caught at 10.15am on Saturday after a report about driving behaviour from a member of the public, a police spokesperson said.
They failed to stop when signalled by police and the vehicle was spiked near Lincoln. It came to a stop on Jack Hinton Dr.