Visitors to Mt Robert in Nelson Lakes National Park should be able to do so with confidence their vehicles are safe, says DOC, after a joint operation between DOC, Police and a security company led to an arrest this week.
DOC Operations Manager John Wotherspoon said vehicles in the carpark had been subjected to break-ins over a few consecutive weekends in November and early December.
“It was something out of the blue for us as that carpark had gone years and years without any reported incidents.
“Clearly we wanted to put an end to it and now someone has been arrested which we are all pretty happy about.”
A 39-year-old man has been charged with theft from a vehicle and fraudulently using a bankcard.
He will appear in Blenheim District Court on January 13.
