A 27-year-old man will appear in Dunedin District Court on Friday after police recovered stolen goods.
Senior Sergeant Steve Larking, of Dunedin, said laptops were stolen from two cars in North Dunedin.
The cars were parked in Butts Rd and were broken into on Thursday.
A laptop was stolen from each car.
Police executed a search warrant at a Dunedin property the next day and recovered stolen property but not the laptops.
The man was charged with theft.