Police 'save Easter' after cracking case of 200,000 stolen Creme Eggs

IBC - UK ^ | 14 February 2023, 13:30 | By Hannah Holland

[Red Badger]

Man charged with theft after trailer-load of 200,000 Creme Eggs were stolen. Picture: Alamy

A man has been charged with theft after a trailer-load of creme eggs, worth an estimated £40,000, were stolen from an industrial unit.

A man has been charged with theft after 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs were stolen from an industrial estate in Telford, leaving police scrambling for answers.

The police managed to crack the case when their easter egg hunt led them to a vehicle on the M42 motorway and they were able to arrest an individual "presumably purporting to be the Easter bunny", the West Mercia force shared on Twitter.

West Mercia police added that officers had "saved Easter" by recovering £40,000 worth of confectionery after the "eggs-travagent theft" on 11 February.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service's Market Drayton station replied to news the haul had been recovered, telling police "eggcellent work by all involved".

West Mercia Police @WMerciaPolice · Follow UPDATE | West Mercia Police has helped save Easter for Crème Egg fans after almost 200,000 of the chocolate treats were stolen from a unit in Stafford Park in Telford.

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Police shared that a number of other chocolate varieties were stolen from the unit in Stafford Park.

32-year-old, Joby Pool, has been charged with two counts of theft and another of criminal damage, after a chain lock was reportedly broken.

Cadbury's Creme Egg is the UK's best-selling confectionery item between New Year's Day and Easter, giving officers further reason to ensure the alleged thief didn't egg-scape.

[Ezekiel]

It could have been much worse. At least the egg factory wasn’t torched.

[V_TWIN]

As far as I’m concerned dude did us all a favor 😏

[Chainmail]

Justice will be served if the thief is egg-secuted.

[Cold Heart]

No Shropshire Sheep were harmed.

[Sirius Lee]

They apprehended him hiding out with his peeps.

[Tell It Right]

s far as I’m concerned dude did us all a favor

Agreed. I'll take M&M's any day over Cadbury eggs.

M&M's Easter commercial

[moovova]

"Celebrate Easter with a Cadbury Cream Egg Cocktail. - If you’ve ever had the pleasure of indulging in a Cadbury cream egg, then you can understand why this combination of rum chata and Cadbury cream egg is such an amazing flavor combo."

[Antihero101607]

I got diabetes just by looking at that picture.

[stevio]

Cadbury’s woke.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Man charged with theft after trailer-load of 200,000 Creme Eggs were stolen.

[V K Lee]

Cadbury’s = the creme of the crop, coop, nest.
Surely the egg laid by the Golden Goose and the first
to crack when hunger strikes.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

If it was a woman who stole the eggs, I think they'd have a pretty good idea of who it was.

[Tom Tetroxide]

I’ve never had this confection. What’s so special about it that someone would go to the trouble of stealing that many?

[Red Badger]

They are delicious!..............

[Clutch Martin]

Gosh, those Bobbies are like Jesus or something!

[MayflowerMadam]

I like the coconut-filled eggs better, but can’t find them any more. These would do, though.

Peeps ... gross.

[Vendome]