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Three people have been charged following raids on two service stations in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Police allege the trio, aged between 15 and 18, smashed their way into an unattended service station in Paeroa about 4.30am and stole merchandise.
Police also alleged the three teenagers then carried out an aggravated robbery at a service station in Matamata.
The two store attendants working at the service station at the time were said to be shaken but uninjured.
Police said stolen property from the two service stations was found at an address in Waharoa, where the three teenagers were.
They have been charged with aggravated robbery, burglary, and unlawfully using a motor vehicle, and are due to appear at the Youth Court in Hamilton on 12 October.
Police inquiries are ongoing to locate two other people thought to be involved.