A man has been charged over a string of alleged break and enters in a Newcastle suburb.
Police were called to Helen Street at Merewether about 10.30am on Wednesday after a man was seen allegedly trying to open garage doors at a unit block.
Officers were called to another premises on the same street as they were looking for the man, where they found a male matching the description given in the original report.
He allegedly had drugs and house-breaking implements in his possession.
The man was allegedly depicted in CCTV vision from two additional trespass/break and enters at Merewether earlier in the morning.
He has been charged with eight counts.
