Police were sent on possibly the biggest ever Easter egg hunt after a man stole roughly £40,000 worth of Cadbury Creme Eggs.
In an act of extreme egg shell-fishness, the thief stole 200,000 of the chocolate treats from Stafford Park in Telford on Saturday (February 11).
Police were quick to scramble units as the man eggscaped with the confectionary.
Shortly after making off with the eggs, the Easter Bunny wannabe was stopped in a vehicle on the M42 northbound.
He has since been identified by West Mercia Police as 32-year-old Joby Pool and has been charged with criminal damage and two counts of theft.
Taking to Twitter, West Mercia Police said they had "helped save Easter for Creme Egg fans."
https://twitter.com/WMerciaPolice/status/1625150237814693888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1625150564077121537%7Ctwgr%5Ed1165fe1e9fb793fecf491c5f03116ce897b3bc5%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itv.com%2Fnews%2Fcentral%2F2023-02-13%2Fpolice-go-on-easter-egg-hunt-after-200000-cadbury-creme-eggs-are-stolen
The force went on to give details of the "eggs-travagant theft."
https://twitter.com/WMerciaPolice/status/1625150742733398017
The Easter Bunny's monopoly on egg distribution is in tact for another year.
Related links:
“Musk again has been interfering in our politics.” Keir Starmer has hit out Elon Musk, accusing him of trying to ‘whip up division’ in the UK with his response to Henry Nowak’s murder. During a visit to York on Thursday, the prime minister told Sky News Musk was using Nowak’s death to “interfere in our […]
Theories are doing the rounds online. Successful influencer and Love Island royalty Molly-Mae Hague has welcomed her second child with Tommy Fury. The gender and name of the newest addition to the family are yet to be revealed; however, the influencer has dropped some major clues about what the baby’s name could be. Because the […]
It comes during multiple days of strikes on the Underground The iPads being supplied to Tube drivers are “too small to watch Netflix”, a union rep has allegedly complained. It comes as London enters its second day of RMT strikes on the Underground. It has been reported that the strikes centred around the introduction of […]