Two men are behind bars after smashing their way into a North Vancouver Red Robin, gathering up bottles of alcohol and then trying to get away on a public bus, according to police.

The 25-year-old suspects allegedly used a rock to break a window at the Marine Drive eatery just before 7 a.m. Thursday. Investigators say they climbed in through the opening, scooped up the bottles and then fled the scene.

North Vancouver RCMP were inspecting the site about half an hour later when they got a call from a bus driver a few blocks away saying two men had boarded the bus drunk and bleeding and were now openly drinking onboard. The investigators, deducing that there might be a connection between the incidents, caught up with the bus and arrested them.

The men, both from Surrey, were charged with break and enter, theft and possession of stolen property. They have been remanded in custody until they can appear in court. Both are known to police.

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