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Counties Manukau

A repeat shoplifter with a warrant for his arrest will face court after being caught red-handed in Howick yesterday.

Counties Manukau East Area Prevention Manager Inspector Rakana Cook says the Area Prevention Unit had been seeking the 45-year-old man, as he was wanted in connection with $2,500 of shoplifting from a Howick supermarket in recent days.

Police had information this man was still active in the east Auckland area.