Wellington - New Zealand police chased a tour bus for 160 kilometres before arresting a 75-year-old Taiwanese woman who walked out of a gift shop wearing a fleece jacket without paying for it, a newspaper reported Friday.

The woman made her getaway from the shop at the South Island lakeside resort Te Anau, and police called by the owner could not stop the bus until it neared Queenstown, the Southland Times reported.

Police said the woman had been released without a conviction providing she did not re-offend. (dpa)