A Dunedin man’s grate garden may not be looking so great today.
The 69-year-old was arrested on Thursday after allegedly attempting to steal metal drain grates from the Centre City New World carpark.
Sergeant Matt Lee said police were called to the supermarket by staff about 4.30pm, when the man’s vehicle entered the carpark.
It had previously been seen on CCTV entering the underground carpark several times over the past two weeks, where 16 drain grates had been taken.
The grates had a value of about $3000.
"The 69-year-old male driver was spoken to by police and he admitted taking the grates to put around his flower garden," Sgt Lee said.
"The grates were recovered from his house and returned to the carpark."
The man has been charged with theft and has been trespassed from New World.
