A pair of alleged burglars discovered there is no distance Police won¡¯t cover when it comes to holding people accountable for their crimes.
Auckland Central Police have been investigating a burglary at a High Street jewellery store on 30 May.
¡°Enquiries carried out by our staff revealed the alleged offenders used a rented vehicle to leave the scene,¡± Auckland City Area Investigations Manager Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend says.
¡°Further enquires carried out identified two individuals who reside in ?p¨tiki as being allegedly involved in the burglary.¡±
With the offender¡¯s identified, the Auckland Central Tactical Crime Unit were able to establish the property had been taken into pawn shops in Rotorua.
¡°In total they have pawned 17 items of the stolen jewellery at a second-hand dealer, which we have been able to recover,¡± Detective Senior Sergeant Friend says.
¡°It¡¯s another great result in Auckland Central in holding retail crime to account.
¡°We are sending a clear message that this type of brazen offending will not be tolerated.
A man and woman were arrested in ?p¨tiki this week and are before the Whakat¨¡ne District Court.
A 30-year-old female will appear on 1 July charged with receiving stolen property and being in a stolen vehicle.
A 27-year-old male was remanded in custody to appear on 17 July, charged with the unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and two counts of burglary.
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