Police: ‘Prevention Planning Pays Dividends at Mall’

Police: ‘Prevention planning pays dividends at mall’

Inspector Kelly Farrant, the area prevention manager for Waitematā West Police, says the man now held in custody is facing 26 shoplifting charges and two burglary charges. File photo supplied An offender allegedly single-handedly responsible for $90,000 in retail crime offending has been arrested, police say. They say officers made the arrest late last week as part of a prevention operation at Lynnmall in west Auckland. The 25-year-old man was l…

Man Charged Over Business Break-Ins Across Lane Cove, Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches - In the Cove

Earlier this year, In the Cove reported on a spate of break-ins targeting businesses in the Lane Cove Plaza.  It turns out that the break-ins were allegedly committed by the same man who appeared in the Manly Local Court on Wednesday, 10th September 2025. Kepu Tanile Nathan (Nathan), aged 35, from Dee Why, was arrested on 10 September 2025, following a NSW Police media release issued on 5 September, which appealed for the public’s assistance to …