A 56-year-old man is set to appear in court charged over the theft of 50 temporary road signs found in the boot of his car by police.
The man’s alleged theft occurred on the highways of Hawke’s Bay at the weekend, and police said the recovered signs were found in the boot of his car in Auckland when he was located after failing to stop after being involved in a collision near Rosehill, south of Papakura, on Sunday.
Police said the man, from Lower Hutt, was alleged to have taken the sites on State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier and on State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupō on Sunday.