Police swiftly nabbed three burglars thanks to the quick actions of concerned citizens yesterday.
Police received a report at 10am of suspicious activity from a Florence St resident, who saw two people using a chair to climb a fence to enter a property, said Eastern District Acting Senior Sergeant Clint Adamson.
"We cordoned off the area and apprehended them on Oliphant Rd," Mr Adamson said.
A 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both from Hastings, were charged with burglary.
In a separate incident at 2.35pm, police received a report of two people running into a house on Mayfair Ave and leaving quickly with goods taken from the address.