GARAGE staff challenged a man who was allegedly seen making off without paying for petrol in Stroud on Tuesday.
The pair were seen filling up a can of petrol at a garage near the Dudbridge roundabout in Stroud at around 12pm.
A police spokeswoman said: “There was a report of a man filling up a can of petrol from a garage on Dudbridge Road and making off without paying for it.
“Garage staff challenged him and got the can back.”
A 28-year-old man from Leonard Stanley, have been arrested on suspicion of theft.
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