On May 7, 2009, three police officers arrived at a Napier home to serve a cannabis-growing warrant, but the routine procedure turned into a devastating 50-hour siege that left one officer dead, two critically injured, and a bystander fighting for life.
Siege
Three police officers, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver, and Bruce Miller, responded to a routine search warrant at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier on May 7th, 2009, targeting Jan Molenaar for alleged cannabis cultivation.
