A 23-year-old New Zealand man with a warrant out for his arrest mocked his own mugshot on a police Facebook page before he was tracked down last night.

Christchurch Police posted a photo of Samuel Evan Lake on the weekend with an appeal to find him, NZ Herald reported.

It didn’t take long for the wanted man to comment on his photo, taunting the police officers searching for him.

“I need to get a new mugshot,” he commented.

Christchurch Police responded to his jibe with: “come see us and will arrange at no cost.”

“If only they were as good at finding me as they were with comebacks,” Mr Lake replied.

Mr Lake commented on his mugshot after it was posted on the Christchurch Police Facebook page on Saturday night.

The police quip attracted thousands of likes before the post was deleted.

Last night, Christchurch Police located Mr Lake.

While the original post was deleted, Christchurch Police posted last night that they had found Mr Lake.

Facebook users responded to the news that he had been found.