Police were alerted to a break-in of a campervan at Castle Hill last month, one of multiple reports of a similar nature. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER
A man owing $28,000 in victim reparations has been remanded in custody following a string of thefts from tourists' vehicles across Canterbury.
Police were alerted to a break-in of a campervan at Castle Hill last month, one of multiple reports of a similar nature.
On Wednesday, the 38-year-old was found in the Selywn district and arrested.
He has been charged with theft of more than a thousand dollars from a vehicle, and remanded in custody until next month.
The courts have seized the man's vehicle to help pay towards the reparations owing.
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