Tauranga Police have arrested a man after a purse and bank cards were allegedly taken from a couple after a man who suffered a medical event.
A couple were driving down Te Awanui Drive on Monday when the man suffered a medical event, police said in a statement.
Members of the public stopped and assisted until emergency services arrived and the man was taken to hospital.
The woman was driven to the hospital by a local police officer and it was there she discovered her purse was missing.
After returning to the scene, she realised that her husband’s bank cards and her purse were missing.