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Pair due in court after spate of car break-ins

Updated at 7:46 pm on 11 February 2012

A 21-year-old man has appeared in the Invercargill District Court on charges related to a string of car break-ins in the city overnight.

Invercargill police say the man and a 20-year-old accomplice were caught in the act of breaking into a car.

The younger man will appear in court on Monday.

Sergeant Dave McKenzie says a police dog handler on patrol disturbed two men breaking into a vehicle in the Georgetown area of the city at 3am on Saturday.

The pair were chased into a nearby house and arrested.

The police say there were significantly more cars broken into than usual.

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