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A gang of 20 accused of stealing almost £300 worth of food in a 'dine and dash' from an Indian restaurant have been tracked down by MailOnline to a local park an hour from the restaurant.
The mass theft at Exeter's Tamarind Bay restaurant left the distraught owners £270 out of pocket.
Manager Saiful Rahman shared CCTV photos of cars and vans used by a group of travellers who gorged themselves on curry, chips and naan bread with chutneys washed down with Cobra beer, Coca Cola and Fanta.
After he posted details on Facebook and contacted the police, the shameless group even contacted Mr Rahman to demand he take it down - but are still yet to pay.
Now MailOnline can reveal the group has set up camp 50 miles away in a public park in Yeovil, Somerset.
A gang of 20 accused of stealing almost £300 worth of food in a 'dine and dash' from an Indian restaurant have been tracked down to a local park where they have set up their caravans
Caravans surrounded by gas canisters, cars and a woodchipper are are in the makeshift camp at a public park in Yeovil
A Land Rover is parked alongside caravans while three men sit on patio furniture. The silver Land Rover was one of the getaway vehicles used in the dine and dash scam
A silver Land Rover, a white Citroen van and a white Ford which Mr Rahman said belonged to the gang were clearly visible in Yew Tree Park, next to caravans, work vans, a wood chipper, kids' bikes and a barbecue while three men sat on patio furniture outside one of the caravans.
One local resident said: 'They arrived earlier this week and don't seem to have a care in the world, clearly they aren't worried about the police catching them. It's just shameless.'
Describing the theft on Tuesday evening at 7pm, Mr Rahman said he had seen many 'dine and dash' incidents in his 17 years running restaurants, but said this one 'takes the biscuit'.He said: 'We have never experienced a mass exodus. It was actually shocking.
'I have experience with travellers and I could tell they were from their vehicles, their accents, the way they spoke and how they acted.
'We served them because we don't discriminate.
'We didn't ask for an upfront payment as from experience this would have caused a fuss with them saying we are discriminating against them when other groups of people aren't asked to.'
He said that one man with his family of four, including two children, suddenly got
