POLICE are hunting two men who are scamming bar staff in pubs.
The pair have played a sleight-of-hand trick when asking for change, making off with at least £310.
The first took place at the Craven Heifer Inn, Pole Lane, Darwen, at 8.20pm on April 24 when a man walked off with £200. The second took place at the Broadway Public House in Accrington at 2pm on May 15 when £110 was stolen.
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PC Anna Gavela, of Eastern Division Planned Response, said: “The males have confused bar staff by asking for £20 notes to be changed for £10s, then changed their minds and got their money back.
“However, afterwards, staff realised the males had not returned all the money they had received, leaving them short.”
Both are “olive-skinned, looking and sounding Eastern European”.
Police suspect they may be part of a gang.
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