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.