A VAN driver jumped into a canal while being pursued by police after paving flags were stolen.
Officers saw two men stealing Yorkstone paving flags in Lowton and began to pursue the vehicle.
Police say the van then failed to stop and was followed into Abram, where the driver then jumps into the canal to escape.
Police recovered the vehicle and stolen paving stones.
2 males disturbed stealing York stone flags in Lowton
— GMP Traffic (@gmptraffic) March 15, 2018
Vehicle then fails to stop and was pursued into Abram where the driver jumps into the canal & escapes
We have your van, give us a ring and we can discuss it's return, but only when you have dried off pic.twitter.com/48xfiECg3s
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