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Man caught 'orange' handed after stealing SIX bottles of fake tan in two days

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A man who was caught stealing THREE bottles of fake tan in Manchester city centre yesterday was clearly not 'orange' enough, according to police...because he went back today and stole three more.

A post on GMP City Centre's Twitter page read:

People were quick to take the Mick. One Twitter user, MrGrumpy, said:

Maybe Bargain Hunt hasn't been recommissioned by the BBC.

– MrGrumpy

Another user, beatbox84, said:

Take him down to Orange County jail.

– beatbox84

While MrBenny58 said:

Bet he's a bit browned off.

– MrBenny58

Not one to let the opportunity of a decent gag pass him by, Pete20Holmes said:

That's tantastic news.

– Pete20Holmes

And finally, FruityBuckmaster quipped:

Was he caught red handed or that weird brownish colour hands go?

– FruityBuckmaster

Inspector Phil Spurgeon for Greater Manchester Police said:

Yesterday (Monday) police received a non-emergency call from store on Market St, Manchester city centre at 9.30am, reporting that a man has shoplifted 3 bottles of fake tan. Then earlier today (Tuesday) police received another call from the same store at 1.54pm, reporting that the same man has returned and taken another 3 bottles of the same product.

A 41 yr old man has been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting.

– Inspector Phil Spurgeon