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Police 'save Easter' after cracking case of 200,000 stolen Creme Eggs
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| 14 February 2023, 13:30
| By Hannah Holland
Posted on 02/24/2023 11:30:19 AM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Society; Weird Stuff
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To: Red Badger
It could have been much worse. At least the egg factory wasn’t torched.
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posted on
02/24/2023 11:37:31 AM PST
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
To: Red Badger
As far as I’m concerned dude did us all a favor 😏
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posted on
02/24/2023 11:41:45 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: Red Badger
Justice will be served if the thief is egg-secuted.
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posted on
02/24/2023 11:41:54 AM PST
by
Chainmail
(Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
To: Red Badger
No Shropshire Sheep were harmed.
To: Red Badger
They apprehended him hiding out with his peeps.
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posted on
02/24/2023 11:50:57 AM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: V_TWIN
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
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posted on
02/24/2023 11:57:37 AM PST
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Red Badger
"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."
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posted on
02/24/2023 11:59:22 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: moovova
I got diabetes just by looking at that picture.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/24/2023 12:02:49 PM PST
by
stevio
(Fight until you die.)
To: Red Badger
Man charged with theft after trailer-load of 200,000 Creme Eggs were stolen.
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posted on
02/24/2023 12:10:20 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: Red Badger
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.
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posted on
02/24/2023 12:13:18 PM PST
by
V K Lee
((Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistance by very wise men. A document unlike any other.))
To: Red Badger
If it was a woman who stole the eggs, I think they'd have a pretty good idea of who it was.
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posted on
02/24/2023 12:15:18 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: Red Badger
I’ve never had this confection. What’s so special about it that someone would go to the trouble of stealing that many?
To: Tom Tetroxide
They are delicious!..............
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posted on
02/24/2023 12:56:37 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Gosh, those Bobbies are like Jesus or something!
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posted on
02/24/2023 2:07:21 PM PST
by
Clutch Martin
("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
To: Red Badger
I like the coconut-filled eggs better, but can’t find them any more. These would do, though.
Peeps ... gross.
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posted on
02/24/2023 2:10:16 PM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/24/2023 2:39:41 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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