Ten people will appear in court over the next few days after a busy night for local police and police dogs.
The police dog unit was called to the end of a police pursuit in 18th Ave about 10pm last night where offenders had dumped a stolen car they were driving and run off.
A young Police Dog Eli and his handler tracked an offender from the abandoned car before finding him trying to hide in an area of scrub. A second offender was also found a short time later as a result.
A few hours later in the early hours of this morning, the team were called in to locate an offender who had run off following another pursuit in Mt Maunganui.
Police said the stolen car had been taken in an aggravated robbery on Friday. Eli and his handler again tracked the offender who they found hiding in a property