He had just stolen the van from a pancake delivery man: a man was arrested Friday in Morlaix, Finistere, after nearly an hour of chase on the expressway with the forces of the order, said Saturday a police source and the company victim of theft.
The pancake van was stolen Friday morning in front of a bakery in Brest, according to police confirming information from the local press, without further details. "In the bakeries it goes very quickly, it lasts two minutes.The delivery man just had time to go to the bakery and we stole the van with the rest of the delivery", testified Isabelle Manach, co-manager of La Crêperie de Coataudon, a manufacturer of pancakes that delivers professionals from the region.
In pursuit of the pancake thief
The delivery man and a baker go to the thief and alert the police who chase him. Scene comical, the man is then seen "with a crepe in the mouth" by motorized police and refuses to obey, according to daily Ouest-France Saturday.
After 45 minutes of pursuit on the RN12, the man, unfavorably known by the police, was arrested in Morlaix and placed in custody. The creperie was able to recover his van and the delivery man complete his tour, but according to the head of the company, he missed some pancakes ...