Two females will appear in court after security guards and a shopper were assaulted at Glenfield Mall on Friday.

Police were called to the mall at about 1.30pm after reports that security guards had been assaulted while trying to stop two alleged shoplifters leaving a store.

Acting Senior Sergeant Alex Waworis, Relieving Waitematā East Communities Manager, says officers arrived within minutes and quickly established that two females had violently assaulted three people who were trying to stop them from leaving the mall.

Two security guards and a member of the public were assaulted, with two of the victims taken to hospital for medical treatment.

Attending officers tracked the alleged offenders and found them not far from the mall, where they were taken into custody.

“We are pleased to have apprehended these alleged offenders and hold them to account for their actions,” Acting Senior Sergeant Waworis says.

“This type of offending is unacceptable, and Police will not tolerate it in our community."

The items allegedly shoplifted were returned to the store, and the two alleged offenders will appear in court later this week charged with a range of offences.

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