Two teensafter smashing a store west of Auckland before taking off on a moped.
The pair, aged 15 and 16, have been charged with burglary after the alleged early morning offending in
Waitemat膩 North area prevention manager, Acting Inspector Roger Small said the crime was reported to police at 3.20am.
Police were alerted by the public to two people smashing the front window of a store on Parkhurst Rd.
Small said the Eagle helicopter tracked the 鈥渉ooded teens鈥 while they sped through Hellensville on the moped.
The pair rode down 鈥渘umerous walkways and residential streets鈥 before surrendering to police.
Police recovered cigarettes the pair are alleged to have stolen.
They are due to appear in the Wait膩kere Youth Court today.
Small thanked the public for reporting the alleged offenders.
He urged anyone else who sees anything 鈥渟uspicious鈥 to call 111 immediately. Other information can be reported online at , or by calling 105.
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