Suspects cornered at M1 services after break-in at restaurant near Northampton

Police cornered two men at a motorway services after spotting them stealing oil from a Beefeater restaurant near Northampton.

Officers from the Force Road Crime Team swooped as the pair stopped to fill up at Watford Gap on the M1 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

An unmarked police car teamed up with an ANPR-equipped vehicle to pincer the getaway vehicle — a white Renault Kangoo — and stop it escaping.

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman revealed: "Two men were spotted apparently stealing oil at The Turnpike, on the A45 at Harpole, at around 2.15am.

"We deployed and followed the vehicle onto the M1 before we stopped it at the Watford Services and arrested two men aged 20 and 29. Both are in custody at this time."

A tweet posted by the Road Crime Team claimed the pair were seen breaking into the pub before leaving the scene.

It read: "Persons were seen breaking into a pub before leaving the scene. TPAC tactics used to stop the van — with a very tight arrowhead at the front.

"Two arrested and property recovered."

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