Yahoo News Car thieves caught short after being arrested by police during motorway toilet break
A pair of bungling car thieves were caught short after being arrested by police when they stopped at a motorway services for a toilet break.
The two men had stolen the BMW X5 during a test drive after posing as potential buyers on Boxing Day.
The vehicle’s owner called police when the crooks sped off from the scene on Pear Tree Road, in the Normanton area of Derby at around 1pm.
Officers later spotted the car on the M1 before the thieves pulled in at Leicester Forest East services when nature called.
The driver, 36, and his 19-year-old passenger, both from Derby, were arrested on suspicion of theft and are in custody being quizzed by officers.
Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit shared details of the incident on social media.
Tweeting from their @DerbyshireRPU account they wrote: “M1. X5 stolen from Derby after making off during test drive.
“Detected on the M1 but nature calls for the occupants who stopped for the loo at Leicester Forest East services.
“Both occupants arrested with assistance from @DerbysDogPolice and @LeicsPoliceRPU #Crime”.
Web user Patrick Silbaugh replied: “They got caught with their pants down.”
M4CKK added: “Excellent work… Saved a lot of heartache.”
Normalish bloke put: “Looks like an illegal number plate too. Throw the book at them.”
