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Sept 2023
Police officer bumps into shoplifting suspect in Knaresborough McDonalds toilets
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:
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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