Two women have been arrested after allegedly looting more than $60,000 of goods from a Te Atat\u016b home while the owners were overseas.<\/p>\n
Police said the alleged offending took place between June 11 and June 18, where a “significant amount” of property was stolen.<\/p>\n
It noted the volume of property was “so significant” a moving van was required to return the items to the victim, who was “very grateful” to be reunited with their possessions.<\/p>\n
Detective Sergeant Anna Freestone said a vigilant neighbour raised the alarm after they noticed the front door wide open and a vehicle missing from the driveway.<\/p>\n
“The owners were notified and it was discovered the home had been ransacked,” Freestone said.<\/p>\n
“Stolen items included a vehicle, household furnishings, jewellery, electronic devices, fishing equipment, and other personal items totalling more than $60,000.”<\/p>\n
Police said the the CCTV was disabled at the property, but not before capturing suspects on camera seconds before the feed cut out.<\/p>\n
Within days, the stolen vehicle was located nearby, and a forensic examination was completed.<\/p>\n
Freestone said the Waitemat\u0101 west tactical crime unit executed two search warrants yesterday in west Auckland, where two people of interest were located.<\/p>\n
“These searches located a large quantity of the stolen items, including furniture, a laptop, fishing rods, and other household property.”<\/p>\n
“It’s a great result to have recovered the items and for those responsible to be held to account.<\/p>\n
“This is also a timely reminder to keep an eye out for your neighbours and report any suspicious activity to police.”<\/p>\n
A 37-year-old woman has been charged with burglary and failure to carry out obligations in relation to a computer search, while a 40-year-old woman has been charged with burglary.<\/p>\n
Both were due to appear in the Wait\u0101kere District Court today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two women have been arrested after allegedly looting more than $60,000 of goods from a Te Atat\u016b home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-549299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}