Car breaker arrested at Huntfield Heights

About 3.30am on Tuesday 13 May, police were called to a home on Troutbeck Crescent after reports of two people acting suspiciously in the front yard.

While police were responding to the area, a second report was received about a person in the back yard of a home on Melsetter Road.

Southern District patrols searched the area with the assistance of Dog Operations PD Duke and located a youth hiding in bushes nearby.

Officers discovered two cars parked on Melsetter Road had been broken into.

No other suspects were located.

A 13-year-old boy from Huntfield Heights was arrested and charged with being unlawfully on premises and two counts of illegal interference of a motor vehicle. He was bailed to appear in the Christies Beach Youth Court on 26 June.

Anyone living in the area who wakes to find their car interfered with is urged to contact police on 131 444.