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A service technician doing his rounds picked up a policeman chasing a burglary suspect before dropping him off right next to his shocked catch.
But rather than wait around, the good Samaritan went on his way before police could thank him.
Avinesh Goundar, who works for Initial Hygiene, was between jobs on Wednesday afternoon when he said he "nearly ran over a man" fleeing security staff near a Hamilton supermarket.
"There were two guys chasing him on the road, then I saw the cops chasing after them.
"He had a pretty good head start on them so I just said to one of the policemen, 'Mate, jump in', and drove him right to where the guy was and we got him."
The man had no idea Mr Goundar and a police constable were following him in his truck and within a few minutes the pair got their man on Victoria St.
"He was so shocked, you know ... he was so devastated and thinking how could this happen ?"
But rather than stick around to get a pat on the back from the police, Mr Goundar said he had more pressing issues.
"I've got a GPS in my van and my boss was probably watching what I was doing so I went back to work."
A man was later charged with trespass and was remanded on police bail after appearing in Hamilton District Court yesterday.
It's not the first time the 37-year-old, whom work colleagues say is hardworking and kind, has played the good samaritan card.
In 2005 he tackled a man who had punched an elderly gentleman in the face in Whakatane.
He held him down long enough for the police to apprehend him.
"He was smaller than me and the cops weren't far away, but I thought, 'What the hell'."
It's also not the first time a member of the Hamilton public has helped the cops to nab criminals before selflessly leaving the scene.
Earlier this year, a taxi driver chased a car carrying two young robbery suspects, with police officers in the back seat of his cab. The policemen were about to give up their chase when the taxi driver told them to jump in.
The man also drove off before police could thank him after they arrested the pair.
Constable Heath Cameron, who arrested the man on Wednesday, said it was a "real pity" to have missed the chance to thank Mr Goundar at the time.
"It was quite cool to get that kind of spontaneous support from a member of the community."
