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    Sept 2023

    Last Updated: 20/09/2023
    Crime
    Crime

    Police officer bumps into shoplifting suspect in Knaresborough McDonalds toilets

    by Flora Grafton

    | 20 Sept, 2023
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    A police officer bumped into a suspected shoplifter when he used the toilets at McDonald's in Knaresborough today.

    The roads policing officer was on routine patrol at St James Retail Park when he and colleagues were alerted to a theft at a nearby store just before 1pm.

    Three suspects were detained within five minutes after a member of the public directed officers to four people running from the store.

    Police at the scene today.



    A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said:

    "There was one outstanding suspect and extensive police resource which included a police dog unit, roads policing officers and response officers were sent to the area.
    "One of the officers who was assigned to the search needed to use the bathroom, so he made a quick trip into the nearby McDonalds.
    "The officer couldn’t believe his luck when he walked in and spotted a person who matched the description of the outstanding suspect."


    Two men in their 20s, a 19-year-old woman and a 23-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting and are currently in police custody.



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