Alex Trelinski
THREE shoplifters failed in an attempt to steal over 300 cans of tuna fish from a Javea supermarket.
Staff at Lidl last Monday spotted the trio loading up with just the one product- arousing their suspicions.
They decided as a precaution to call the Javea Policia Local.
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The fish pilferers left without paying for their tuna, but officers arrested two of them.
A third man escaped in a car but crashed it, forcing him to flee on foot and he’s yet to be caught.
The two detainees were hauled before a judge.
A search of the crashed vehicle uncovered a stash of previously-stolen tuna in the boot.
The thieves had that same day gone to Lidl’s branch in Finestrat- 70 kms away- and helped themselves to dozens of cans.
No further details have been revealed about the shoplifters, including whether they had committed similar crimes.
