One man has been arrested and the police say they are sure of a second alleged offender's identity after the bare-faced - or bare-bummed - theft of tools from a Kawakawa shop.
This month a man, thinking he was not being watched, was caught on Kawakawa Hammer Hardware security cameras exposing his backside while concealing a 1m weed burner down the front of his pants.
A Kaikohe man has been charged with shoplifting an item costing less than $500, and will appear in the Kaikohe District Court on May 18.
The footage of the alleged shoplifting on April 10 was posted on social media, where it received over 12,000 hits.
Store owner Malcolm Francis said since the matter became public he had received ''incredible'' support from the community for being proactive in trying to protect his business.