'Thief' fills huge bag full of Greggs food and drink before fleeing store as worker tries to stop him
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A man filled a bag full of food and drinks from a Greggs bakery as a shop attendant tried to stop him.
The viral clip shows the man filling a giant carrier bag with drinks from one of the chain's London stores as shocked bystanders watch on a take pictures.
The shop attendant holds onto the man's jumper to try and keep him in the store as she calls police, but she eventually releases her grip when he shouts at her to let him go and pushes her by the neck.
The man then flees with his stash of bakery goods.
Mobile phone footage of the incident has since gone viral and caused a stir on social media.
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(Image: News Dog Media)
(Image: News Dog Media)
The incident is believed to have taken place in a Greggs bakery in Edmonton, London earlier this month.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman spokesman said a 41-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft.
Vision of the incident has been viewed more than 250,000 times on Instagram after originally appearing on Snapchat.
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(Image: News Dog Media)
The clip begins by showing a man bent over picking up drinks from a cabinet in a Greggs store.
He has a huge plastic carrier bag with him which he appears to have stashed full to the brim with goods from the bakery.
A Greggs spokesman said: "No one was harmed during the incident and the store resumed a normal service straight away."