Newport McDonald's drive-thru arrest: 'I want to eat it, bro'
Stopped by police in a Newport McDonald's drive-thru, a driver's main concern wasn't the laughing gas in his boot – it was his chips. "I want to eat it, bro," he pleaded.
Most people, when the police knock on the car window, start thinking about their life choices. One driver at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Newport had a more pressing priority: his tea.
Officers from Gwent Police’s Community Action Team pulled over the 46-year-old at Newport Retail Park, Lliswerry, at about 9.50pm on Monday 2 November after spotting him driving erratically. Bodycam footage released by the force shows him being asked to step out – and being told he could leave his takeaway in the car.
He was not keen. “I want to eat it, bro,” he protested, according to WalesOnline.
AI illustration – priorities, imagined. Not the actual arrest.
An officer popped the meal on the car roof, and when the driver reached for it during the search he was told, firmly: “You’re not going to be chomping on chips when I’m searching you.” When he was arrested, he advised the officers to “relax”.
AI illustration – the chips left unattended on the roof. (Spot Gaz, our gorilla, hiding somewhere in this picture.)
The less funny part: police said they found 42 nitrous oxide canisters, balloons and a hammer in the car, plus cannabis at his home. The BBC reports he admitted supplying laughing gas, possessing an offensive weapon and possessing cannabis at Newport Magistrates’ Court and was jailed for 26 weeks.
Nobody has confirmed what happened to the chips.
Reported by BBC News, WalesOnline (9 Nov 2026) and Metro, with footage released by Gwent Police.
