Officers from Ashton Hurst had been on their way to join local residents at a festive community dinner when they spotted the man leaving a shop in Oldham with the chocolate.

A PCSO gave chase and after a short time, the suspected shoplifter was arrested with around £200 of Twirls.

It is not clear how many of the chocolate bars there were but, at an average price of 60p each, there would be 333 bars.

He was also carrying a kitchen knife and was wanted for failing to appear at court over another matter.

Officers from Oldham then took over, allowing the Ashton Hurst team to get to their Christmas dinner on time.

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