A thief was tracked by a council CCTV operator and arrested just over half an hour after stealing from a Mansfield toy shop.
David Ward, aged 44, took two Lego sets from Smyths Toys at 3.09pm on Saturday 10 October.
By 3.42pm, he had been arrested at Mansfield train station after a council CCTV operator relayed his movements to officers.
Ward admitted he had stolen the items, worth around £100, in order to sell them on.
Appearing at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Monday 12 October, he pleaded guilty to theft.
He also pleaded guilty to another theft after stealing washing tablets from a shop in Kirkby-in-Ashfield on 13 September.
Ward, of no fixed address, was jailed for 16 weeks.
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