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An in­ves­ti­ga­tion is now un­der­way in­to the theft of a Spe­cial Re­serve Po­lice­man's (SRP) per­son­al gun, af­ter he left his Po­lice Sta­tion's Christ­mas Din­ner ear­ly on Fri­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said the 46-year-old of­fi­cer at­tend­ed the event on Thurs­day night and left just af­ter mid­night on Fri­day.

The of­fi­cer told in­ves­ti­ga­tors that he be­gan feel­ing un­well while dri­ving and drove on­to Baz­zard Street, Monte Grande, Tu­na­puna, where he lost con­scious­ness.