A trio of alleged burglars are going to court after being caught on camera during an early morning burglary in Hillsborough earlier this week.
Around 3.53am on Tuesday, Police were contacted after motion was detected on CCTV cameras at a building site on Herd Road.
Auckland City West Area Response Manager Senior Sergeant Guy Baldwin says two people were seen passing items over the secured sites fence.
"The security guard was watching these people in real time," he says.
"They were allegedly passing items to each other over the fence and loading them into a nearby vehicle."
A Police dog handler was nearby and quickly responded, stopping all three men in their tracks as they were preparing to leave.
"When the dog handler arrived, he located two men sitting in the vehicle with the engine running," Senior Sergeant Baldwin says.
"A third man was loitering by the gates with the passenger door to the vehicle open, ready to make a getaway."
A search of the vehicle uncovered tools and various other items that were confirmed to belong to the construction site.
All three were arrested for burglary.
"This shows the value of a good CCTV system for deterring and holding offending to account," Senior Sergeant Baldwin says.
"The added layer of monitored security meant we were able to apprehend these alleged offenders and prevent them leaving with the items."
All three men, aged 32, 36 and 50, will appear in the Auckland District Court on 17 November charged with burglary.
