Constable Nick Turner, of Dunedin, said he was aware of photos shared on social media of two men allegedly entering a Vogel St property about 5.45pm on Wednesday, and using bolt cutters to steal an e-bike belonging to a tenant.
One of those same men entered a central city social agency and grabbed a laptop and purse on Thursday, Const Turner said.
The two men, working together, proceeded up George St on a spending spree with a stolen credit card from the purse they had pinched and in a few hours racked up thousands of dollars in sales.
They bought jewellery, a phone, a drone and clothing in the few hours they had before the bank stopped the card.
The men were signing dockets and captured on camera during the spending spree, Const Turner said.
Const Turner noted though these offenders were "a little more sophisticated" than the unrelated, brazen dishonesty offending of the recidivist shoplifter who was also caught on camera allegedly stealing from Dunedin city centre shops this week.
The woman made national news after a photograph and video of her blithely marching away from shop staff after allegedly stealing more than $1000 worth of clothing went viral.
Unlike the woman from a day earlier, the two men appeared keen to disguise themselves as they were captured on retailers’ CCTV.
"They’ve actually changed their clothing as they’ve gone up the street," Const Turner said.
As of last night, officers had arrested one man and charged him with burglary, theft and misuse of a document.
