“It is incredibly lucky no one was seriously injured during this incident,” Wilson said.
As the eye in the sky looked on, the hapless fugitive drove into the Sylvia Park car park.
Mall security then looked on as he entered a retail store within the mall.
“Police allege the male has then stolen a number of clothing items to attempt to change his appearance,” Wilson said.
“Unfortunately for him, Police were waiting outside where he was taken into custody without further incident.”
“This is another example of great work by Police staff from across different workgroups, all working together to hold offenders to account.”
Police acknowledged the mall security’s work in monitoring the offender and said a 41-year-old male will appear in the Auckland District Court today on multiple charges relating to shoplifting, failing to stop, and traffic offending.
