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British police try to track down theft of 70,000 pints worth of Guinness stout
Cheshire Police are seeking witnesses after the beer, valued at £115,000, was taken from two trailers intended for pubs.
- On Monday, thieves stole approximately £205,000 worth of goods, including about 800 barrels of Guinness and two trailers, from Whitehouse Industrial Estate in Runcorn.
- A first lorry entered the site at 7:45 PM, connecting to a white tri-axle trailer with GXO branding before fleeing toward Mersey Gateway; a second arrived at 9:12 PM and headed toward Rainhill.
- Police describe the first male driver as white with a short dark beard wearing a beanie hat; the second wore a cap. The trailers bore unique ID numbers DL736 and DL542 and contained approximately 70,400 pints of stout.
- Cheshire Police launched an investigation and appealed for witnesses. Detective Sergeant McClatchy said, "Guinness is good for you, but that is only the case when it has been bought and paid for."
- Officers urge motorists who were in the area to review dashcam footage and contact Cheshire Police on 101, citing incident reference number IML-2408641.
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HGV trailers carrying £115k worth of Guinness stolen in England
Two HGV trailers carrying £115,000 worth of Guinness in over 800 barrels have been stolen in England. Police in Cheshire are investigating the theft of the two trailers, which occurred at a depot in Runcorn, in the Liverpool City Region. At around 7:45p.m on Monday (August 31), a lorry entered an industrial estate in the […]
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