Police have arrested a man for trying to set fire to a Swanson service station.
A 22-year-old male from West Auckland has been charged with attempted arson and wilful damage.
He was due to appear in the Waitakere District Court later this week.
There was 25,000 litres of petrol in the tanks when a man was caught on security camera tampered with the pumps in the early hours of July 14.
GAS Swanson owner-operator Chaudhry Zahid was left shaken and upset by the incident.