Invercargill Police have arrested four people in relation to a firearms incident on Saturday 2 October where a 19-year-old man presented to Southland Hospital with four gunshot wounds to his back.

A 26-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man have been charged with firearms offences, while a 36-year-old man has been charged with firearms and drug offences. 

All are due to appear in Invercargill District Court today.

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Additionally a 25-year-old man has been charged with offences in relation to possession of ammunition, resisting police and assaulting police. 

He has appeared in court and been remanded in custody to 12 October.

Police advise that inquiries into the incident remain ongoing.