Two men arrested following burglary at Boots

We have arrested two people in connection with the burglary at Boots in the Royal Wootton Bassett High Street early this morning (23/04).

At around 2.50am, two men broke into the store and stole a quantity of products.

While the investigation into the burglary was ongoing, we received a report at around 10am this morning of two men, aged 46 and 35, acting suspiciously in Walcot in a blue Nissan Juke.

The vehicle had last been spotted at around 3am this morning in the Wroughton area and was believed to be linked to the Boots burglary.

Officers located the vehicle in Somerville Road, where it then made off from police despite a tactical attempt to stop them.   

The suspects then decamped from the vehicle outside Goddard Park School and were seen to throw a bag of items, which included OLAY hair products believed to be from Boots, over the fence.

The men were then seen in an alleyway on Dulverton Avenue and tracked by Police Dog Brie to a property in Shaftesbury Avenue, where they were arrested on suspicion of burglary.

The 46-year-old has been further arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, driving while disqualified, theft of a motor vehicle and drug driving.

They remain in custody for questioning.