“Eggs-travagent theft” – thief steals 200,000 chocolate eggs in England Two federal councilors travel to Munich security conference

It happens time and time again that one smiles with amusement when media reports or police reports describe exactly what was stolen during a robbery.

And this is how the news editor on duty thinks about the following report: According to the “New York Times”, nearly 200,000 chocolate eggs were stolen in Britain last Saturday.

The robbery was carried out at an industrial site in Telford in the West Midlands, an hour’s drive from Birmingham. The eggs are worth the equivalent of CHF 34,000.

According to the investigative authorities, the 32-year-old perpetrator acted on purpose. He used a stolen truck to pull the trailer with the chocolate eggs. When the police discovered him, he turned himself in. The public prosecutor also speaks of organized crime, it is not easy to find out that a trailer with chocolate eggs with this value is available. The verdict is expected on March 14.

The eggs are Cadbury Cream Eggs, developed in 1963 and initially marketed as Fry’s Creme Eggs. The chocolate eggs resemble real eggs, the filling, consisting of a sugar mass, is colored white-yellow. They are only available around Easter, an experiment to sell them all year round was rejected. After Easter, demand collapsed.

The police could not resist a pun, on Twitter they speak of an “eggs-travagent theft”, the language game only works in English. The thief, police suspect, was the Easter Bunny.

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