Police named the man arrested in connection to an office burglary in Nuku’alofa on January 6.
Tēvita Fifita, 25, of Fo’ui was accused of stealing more than $10,000 pa’anga from the Office Equipment.
Police arrested Fifita from a bush allotment in Tatakamotonga on February 2.
He has been charged with housebreaking and theft and was remanded in
Police custody.
As Kaniva News reported, a CCTV video which captured the incident was released to Police and social media after the money went missing from the Fatafehi road office.
A search of the place where the suspect was arrested found clothes which match those worn by the person who appeared in the security footage, Police said.