Drama at the cinema as police arrest three teens

The conspiracy includes offences in Huddersfield, Cleckheaton, Brighouse, Mirfield, Batley, Bradford, Keighley, Guiseley, Heckmondwike and Dewsbury committed since December.

The three teenagers were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary and remained in custody.

Maze Runner is about a group of young people who must break into the legendary Last City, controlled by World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department (WICKED), to rescue their friends from a maze.

Det Sgt Scott Hartley, of Kirklees District CID, said: “There were a few cinema-goers who will have got more than they bargained for when the drama came off the screen and into real life.

“Our thanks to the staff at Showcase Cinemas for their help in allowing us into the screening to make the arrests and for the other people watching the film for their patience during the unscheduled interval.

“The arrests came about after an offduty police officer recognised the youths as individuals that we had been looking to arrest.

“These arrests form part of a thorough inquiry into nearly 20 burglary offences across West Yorkshire in which houses have been broken into to get keys for vehicles parked on driveways.”

Two other men, aged 20 and 27, have previously been arrested in connection with the investigation and were released pending further investigation.