Two men, aged 40 and 57 years, will appear in court this morning charged with eight counts of theft from charitable collection boxes of which a number relate to the Foundation for the Blind. These all occurred in Christchurch.
Detective Paul Johannsen, Papanui CIB, says Police are currently collating a number of complaints and any retailer who has had a charity box stolen is asked to contact him at Papanui Police phone 3741740.