A person has been arrested after a ram raid in south Auckland overnight left the front of a dairy a mangled mess.
Police said they're investigating a burglary at a dairy on Bairds Road in Otara at around 3am on Thursday morning.
Following the ram raid, the offenders fled the scene in the same vehicle, which was tracked by a Delta unit and found abandoned nearby, police said.
"Delta tracked the vehicle to Kudu Place where two youths were seen running into an address," a police spokesperson said.
Police found one of the alleged ram raiders and arrested him at the property while enquiries to find the second offender are ongoing.
"Anyone with information that may assist is asked to contact Police via our 105 phone service or online at https://www.police.govt.nz/use-105, using Update My Report and quoting job P054523616," the spokesperson said.
"Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111."
