On 15 and 16 October 2007, the New Zealand Police conducted a series of armed raids in response to alleged paramilitary training camps in the Urewera mountain range near the town of Ruatoki. About 300 police, including members of the Armed Offenders Squad and Special Tactics Group, were involved in the raids, which involved the execution of search warrants at various addresses throughout New Zealand, and the establishment of roadblocks at Ruatoki and Tāneatua. The police seized four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition and arrested eighteen people. According to police, the raids were a culmination of more than a year of surveillance that uncovered and monitored the training camps.
Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
On October 15, in the year 2007, Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of October 15, a notable event in this corner of history.
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