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A milkman was given an early morning wake-up call when he was dramatically arrested by police who had mistaken him for a burglar because he was 'driving around so early in the morning'.
The unnamed driver for Aycliffe Dairies, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, had been carrying out his morning rounds at around 5am Wednesday when he noticed police at the Greenfield Convenience Store.
He initially thought nothing of it but then realised police were following his milk van.
He immediately rang his boss Russ Gibson to say he thought he was going to be pulled over, and he was.
But after a brief questioning he was allowed to continue on his route - only to be arrested while stopping for coffee a mere 15 minutes later, as three police cars swooped in and pulled him out of his vehicle.
Mr Gibson described the whole ordeal as 'crazy'.
He said: 'The driver said the police were following him and then pulled him over.
Milk boss Russ Gibson (pictured), who lives in Newton Aycliffe, said the whole ordeal was
