“The suspect was identified as living in West Auckland so our team followed up as we were aware that multiple e-bikes had also been stolen from around that area.”
Police executed a search warrant at an address on Great North Rd in Henderson where they found the bikes and ammunition.
Two hundred rounds of 0.22mm ammunition were at the property, Kim said.
And “so far we have established the bikes were stolen from Hobsonville, Albany, Ponsonby, Parnell, and Takapuna and have managed to return seven of them back to their rightful owners,” he said.
“Police take this type of offending seriously and work hard to hold offenders to account and I’d like to commend our staff for their work in identifying the alleged offender.”
The man will appear in court on March 14. Further charges were likely, a police spokeswoman said.
