A man has been arrested by police following enquires into a stolen air hose at a Tauranga petrol station.

On February 5, BP Summit on Waihi Road appealed to the public asking for anyone who recognised the man in the video to come forward.

In the footage that was supplied to SunLive, a man, either in his late teens or early 20s walked up and sat near the hose for a few minutes, before gathering it up and walking away.

BP Summit manager Shannon Martin said at the time, that the hose is worth around a couple hundred dollars.

'I first saw the note from the night shift guys saying they couldn't find it and went back and looked at the footage, and couldn't believe what I was seeing.

'We've had this happen with the window brushes and stuff like that on occasion but although it's a pain in the back side, they're not very expensive.

'With something like this, I don't even understand what someone would do with it, unless they've got an air compressor at home to use it with.”

Shannon says they didn't have a spare one and had to go out and buy a new one.

Police have made an arrest following the stolen air hose and the man is set to appear in court today.