Police have arrested one man and are seeking two other men after the trio allegedly stole more than $1000 worth of meat from an Auckland supermarket last night.
Two men entered a supermarket on Mount Wellington Highway just before 7pm on Thursday and filled an entire trolley with meat products, said Auckland City East Area Commander Inspector Jim Wilson.
“Both men brazenly walked out with the stolen meat and loaded it into a nearby waiting vehicle.
“Police had been contacted and a unit attempted to stop the vehicle as it was exiting the car park.”
Wilson said the driver fled from police at speed and that a pursuit was abandoned due to dangerous driving.
The police air support unit located the vehicle entering the car park at a Papatoetoe shopping plaza.
“Our staff on the ground converged on the car park, locating the vehicle,” Wilson said.
“One of the occupants was located nearby, and he was taken into custody. A large quantity of meat was located inside the vehicle and recovered.”
Wilson said work to identify and locate the other two offenders would continue.
“Police have no tolerance for this brazen type of offending and will continue to hold offending to account.”
A 40-year-old man is scheduled to appear in the Auckland District Court today on multiple shoplifting charges.
