Hawke's Bay Police have arrested two youths, aged 14 and 15, in relation to several smash-and-grab burglaries in the Napier area over the past week.
A service station in Clive was burgled on 17 April, a retail premises in Napier was burgled on 19 April and a service station in Napier was burgled on 21 April.
One of the youths will appear in the Napier Youth Court on 25 May on a number of burglary-related charges.
The other is to appear in the Napier Youth Court on Thursday 27 April.
Police executed search warrants on 21 and 22 April, and a significant amount of stolen property was recovered. Enquiries also led to three stolen vehicles being located abandoned on separate streets.
Police are in the process of working through returning this property to its rightful owners.
Enquiries are ongoing into the three incidents, which are confirmed to be linked. Police are not ruling out further arrests or charges.
