Toothpaste thief caught with $2,100 worth of tubes: North Vancouver RCMP

It was a minty-fresh crime that resulted in an attempt to nab $2,100 worth of toothpaste from a local grocery store.

In a tweet, the North Vancouver RCMP says officers were near the Superstore on Seymour Boulevard. on Friday when they spotted a “man running out of the emergency exit followed by staff.”

Talk about being at the right place at the right time. On Friday, officers were near Superstore for an unrelated matter, when they observed a man running out of the emergency exit followed by staff. Officers jumped into action, arrested him and returned $2100 worth of toothpaste. pic.twitter.com/bCuAiaRNMb

— North Vancouver RCMP (@nvanrcmp) May 29, 2023

Police say Mounties arrested a man on the scene and returned the toothpaste.

“We think he was trying to make a clean getaway but was unsuccessful,” a tweet from RCMP reads.

With files from Sonia Aslam