A man who drove onto a commercial property in East T¨¡maki and allegedly helped himself to dozens of laptops and computer accessories will front court.
Counties Manukau East CIB Area Investigations Manager, Detective Senior Sergeant Dean Batey, says Police received a report of a man at a Springs Road premises allegedly taking a number of items and loading them into his vehicle on 6 April.
¡°The man was seen driving onto the property, forcing a barrier arm up and parking a vehicle inside the premises.
¡°He has then allegedly forced a door open, gained entry to the building and taken more than 15 laptops, as well as a number of monitors, hard drives and desktop computers before leaving.¡±
Detective Senior Sergeant Batey says investigators had been been working hard to find the person responsible, including scouring through hours of CCTV.
¡°We are continuing to respond to offending against our local businesses and CCTV has again proven to be a valuable tool helping to hold offenders to account,¡± he says.
¡°And we have recovered most of the property, which will be returned in due course.¡±
Police continue to encourage the community to report offending or suspicious activity as it happens by calling 111.
Report other matters by calling 105 or going online to /use-105
A 45-year-old man will appear in Manukau District Court on 8 May charged with burglary.
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