British Transport Police officers at Lancaster arrest suspected bike thief within an hour of crime
A suspected thief was arrested within an hour of being seen stealing a bike at Lancaster train station.
BTP Lancashire said on their Twitter page two days ago: “A cycle theft was reported at #Lancaster yesterday.
“Within 50 minutes we had viewed the #CCTV, recognised the suspect, driven around the city centre until we found him, and he was #arrested.
“Unfortunately, the bike was not recovered.
“Suspect was interviewed and bailed.”
Text British Transport Police on 61016 to tell them about non-emergency incidents.