Eden Police Team Capture Two Shoplifters after A66 Chase

Following a report of Two males shoplifting from B&M Bargains in Penrith with various items stolen. PCSO  Nicholson from the Eden Neighbourhood Policing team used quick access to CCTV to spot the males getting into a black FIAT 500 with a 20 minute head start on police.

Police caught the black FIAT 500 travelling on the A66 heading East just before the pair crossed the county line into Durham.

When Police stopped the vehicle the two males ran off into the fell in an attempt to evade arrest but officers from the Cumbria Rural Crime Team deployed a drone and followed the two suspects until Eden Response officers located and arrested one male.

Officers located and arrested the second suspect hiding in a sheep pen on the fell.

Both men are now in police custody with one also identified as wanted for offences in Durham.

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