Police are embracing new technology in an effort to find the owners of a cache of stolen property found during recent drug busts around Whangarei.
The booty is believed to be from burglaries around Northland and Auckland and was discovered when police raided five addresses in the Whangarei area early this month.
As well as the large amount of stolen property, police also found more than 300 cannabis plants and some chemicals and equipment used for the manufacture of methamphetamine.
The searches were part of an operation targeting a group believed to be involved in an organised burglary ring involving residential properties and vehicles.
Police have called for the victims of recent burglaries to come forward to help identify the recovered property.