A file picture of a police canine prepared for work.
When two teenagers had been noticed attempting to interrupt right into a car, a police canine unit was known as to the scene.
Members of the general public reported the pair attempting to steal a automotive from Kaikorai Valley Rd, Dunedin, on Saturday, about 2.15am, Senior Sergeant Bond stated.
The two took-off, however regardless of an honest headstart they had been no match for a police canine and its handler.
That canine tracked the pair across the space, and after 90 minutes they had been discovered. They had been arrested for unlawfully interfering with a motorcar.
The teenagers, aged 14 and 15, had been questioned by police and referred to Youth Aid.
Police had been conscious of round seven autos damaged into across the Kaikorai Valley Rd space in a single day on Friday, with the pair being spoken to about these break-ins.