Please attribute to Detective Constable Tim Roberts, Auckland Police
Police have charged two people after a statue worth $55,000 was stolen in Auckland.
The statue of a gnome was allegedly stolen from outside Auckland's Gow Langsford Gallery on Christmas Day 2018.
The theft was reported to Police once the gallery's owner discovered it was missing on Saturday January 12, and a few days later it was found dumped outside a Salvation Army in Glen Eden.
Police were able to recover it and return it to its owner.
A 46-year-old man and a 55-year-old man have been charged with theft and are due to appear in the Auckland District Court today.
Police are not in a position to comment further as the matter is now before the court.
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Adriana Weber/NZ Police