Police update after reports of a string of alleged dine-and-dash incidents (Picture: Wales News Service)
Two people have been arrested after alleged dine-and-dash incidents in Wales.
It comes after reports of several alleged incidents of diners leaving without paying their restaurant bills and shoplifting in Port Talbot, Wales.
Now a 41-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman, both from Sandfields, Port Talbot, have been arrested for fraud (obtaining services dishonestly) and theft offences.
They are currently in custody at Swansea Central police station.
A man and a woman have been questioned by police after the incidents in restaurants across Port Talbot (Picture: Wales News Service)
CCTV footage after the alleged dine-and-dash spree (Picture: Wales News Service)
An investigation is ongoing (Picture: Wales News Service)
Several restaurants in South Wales have been reportedly affected (Picture: Wales News Service)
An investigation continues, South Wales Police said.
The update comes after seven restaurants in South Wales reported similar incidents in the past year, including an Italian restaurant Bella Ciao.
The newly opened restaurant in Port Talbot claimed diners left before paying a £329 bill.
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