A 40-year-old man has been charged with theft after bank cards were stolen from a couple during a medical event in Tauranga.
On November 27, a couple were driving towards the Mount (Mauao) when the man needed urgent medical attention.
Members of the public stopped to help until emergency services arrived and took the man to hospital.
The woman, who was in distress, was driven by a local Police officer to hospital to be with her husband.
But on the way the woman discovered her purse was missing - and when she returned to the vehicle, she discovered that her husband's bank cards had been stolen from his phone case.
Her bank confirmed both the cards in her purse and her husband's cards had been used at various retail outlets in the area.
On Saturday police said a 40-year-old man, matching clothing of one of the people who had stopped to assist during the event, has been arrested and charged with theft and using a stolen card.
He is due to appear in Tauranga District Court on Monday, December 11.
