Shoplifter puts hot pastry down pants

A HUNGRY thief who attempted an unconventional method of smuggling his haul out of a Dunedin shop was nabbed by police.

Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen said police were called to Night ’n Day in Regent Rd, North Dunedin, at 2.26am yesterday after a man attempted to steal a pie by putting it down his pants.

The man was located by police and the pie was recovered, but, the officer said, it was ‘‘unsellable’’.