The vigilance of CCTV staff in Witney has been praised after four men from two incidents were caught.
In the early hours of Saturday, three men broke into Norton's restaurant in Langdale Gate and stole bottles of wine and alcopops valued at £100. They were arrested after CCTV operators were able to pinpoint their location and pass it on to officers.
A couple of weeks earlier, a man smashed the ground floor window at Superdrug Stores in the Woolgate Centre and stole 18 bars of chocolate. He was later arrested as CCTV operators were able to pass on his location to officers after watching him dump the chocolate in a litter bin and run off.
Witney inspector Darren Carver said: "This illustrates the value of having CCTV and the importance of the teamwork between officers and the CCTV operators.
"It is doubtful that any of these offenders would have been caught but for the vigilance of the CCTV operators."
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