Thieves arrested after stealing barrels of cooking fat from motorway services near Mansfield

A pair of thieves were caught by police as they stole barrels of cooking fat from a fast food restaurant off the M1

On Wednesday, July 6, officers from Derbyshire Police’s roads policing unit reported they had attended an incident at Tibshelf Services.

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Two thieves were caught red-handed as they stole used cooking fat from a fast-food outlet on the site.

The pair were taken into custody – with one telling the arresting officers that ‘you lot are keen aren’t you’.

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