Man charged over station ram raid

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A man has been charged with burglary after a ram raid on a service station in which $10,000 of tobacco and cigarettes were stolen.

Thieves drove a stolen light truck through a roller door behind a Shell station in Marton in the raid early on Monday morning.

A 34-year-old man was arrested after police searched a Marton property at 9.30pm yesterday, police said.

Some cigarettes and tobacco believed stolen during the burglary were recovered.

The man will appear at Marton District Court on Wednesday, February 9 charged with burglary and unlawful taking of a vehicle.

A search for a second person believed to have been involved in the burglary are continuing, police said.

- NZHERALD STAFF