Three young women have been arrested after allegedly assaulting two women and stealing their handbags in Hamilton last night.
The first assault and theft occurred about 9.30pm as a woman was waiting to be picked up by her husband after finishing work at the Westfield Shopping Centre on Hukanui Rd, Chartwell.
As the woman walked to her husband's van to get in, another car pulled up beside her.
A woman got out, assaulted the woman and took off with her handbag.
Shortly after the police received a call about a group of three woman entering a house on Bains Ave, Hamilton East.
They assaulted and demanded money from a woman that lived there.
When a neighbour who heard the commotion went to check that her neighbour was all right, she too was assaulted. They offenders grabbed her handbag and fled.
Three women, one already on bail in relation to an Auckland robbery, aged between 17 and 26 were later arrested at a Yeats Cres house in Fairfield.
All three were charged with aggravated robbery and were to appear in Hamilton District Court today.
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