Man charged over thefts from cars

Wanaka police have arrested a 21-year-old local man in connection with a string of thefts from vehicles in the area and have recovered some of the items reported stolen.

Senior Constable Emma Fleming said the man had been charged in relation to seven incidents of reported theft from vehicles in the Wanaka and Hawea areas, which accounted for many of the recent reports of such incidents.

"There was a bit of variance in the way some of them [thefts] happened, so we were able to establish evidence in seven of them," Snr Const Fleming said.

The man will appear in the Queenstown District Court on February 27.