Waikato police are investigating thieves who stole - then crashed - a truck carrying a bobcat, before taking off with a man's ute at Karapiro.
Senior Sergeant Ray Malcolmson said they were not sure of the time of the first theft - of the Isuzu truck which had a bobcat on the back - as staff at Aztech Buildings in Tamahere, on the outskirts of Hamilton, only discovered it was missing when arriving for work at 5.30am today.
Not long after they reported it missing, a Karapiro man rang to report that his older model Toyota Hilux had been stolen.
Police went to investigate and found the black and white truck and bobcat had crashed into a bank on Taotaoroa Rd. The man with the stolen Hilux lived just down the road.
Malcolmson said although they've found the stolen truck, the white Hilux was still missing.
