Police in Counties Manukau have been busy cleaning up and returning a pile of stolen goods following a tip off from a member of the public.
On Friday afternoon, Police patrolling the Counties Manukau West area were alerted to an address of interest in Mangere Bridge by a member of the public who reported he'd had several items taken from his vehicle in Pakuranga.
Counties Manukau West Area Commander, Inspector Dave Christoffersen, says one of the items belonging to the victim had a GPS, which lead to a property in Tima Lane.
"Units were in the area at the time and met with the victim, who had observed his items inside the address.
"A search of the property located multiple tools and other items, one of which was a GPS linked stolen nail gun.
"This lead to one person at the address being arrested and charged for receiving."
Inspector Christoffersen says Police recovered the alleged stolen goods and have managed to return several to their rightful owner.
"This is a great example of members of the public reporting incidents when they happen, then following up with any helpful information that comes to hand.
"This allows the opportunity for Police to act and, as in this case, recover stolen property.
"I would like to acknowledge the community for their vigilance and reporting suspicious activity promptly to Police."
A 37-year-old man was remanded in custody and will appear in Manukau District Court today charged with receives property.
