A Northland father whose son was captured on CCTV burgling a service station marched him in to the shop to confess then called the police.
The break-in occurred at Kaeo BP about 8pm on Monday evening. Security footage, which has been shared on social media, shows two boys aged about 13 trying to use a plank or a strip of metal to prise open a window. When that failed they smashed the glass instead.
Both are wearing hoodies and one has part of his face covered but they are still identifiable. They ran off with sunglasses, chocolate and lollies.
The head of Mid North police, Senior Sergeant Brian Swann, said security footage showed the boys waiting across the road until a tanker had finished delivering fuel, then breaking in to the service station. The burglar alarm sounded but the boys only jumped out another window and ran away when the owner arrived.
The following day the first boy was marched in to the service station by his father, who had been alerted by an acquaintance who had seen the CCTV footage. The father then phoned police.
The second boy was identified later that day. Both had been referred to Youth Aid and police were looking at making the boys pay for the damage they had caused.