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Date confusion leads to film set raid

Student filmmakers in New Zealand were shocked to have their set stormed by police after actors were mistaken for armed robbers.

They complained they had been given permission by police to make the crime drama, but then realised they were filming on the wrong day.

Officers were called to the scene after shocked locals reported seeing someone carrying a gun, the New Zealand Herald reports.

“Several patrol cars were deployed, cordons were established and armed officers called in to assist,” Senior Sergeant Karl Thornton said.

“An upset producer informed us we’d over-reacted, that he’d cleared it with police to film on September 18 to 19. We then informed him the date was the 20th and staff thought they were dealing with a genuine robbery.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .