And the winner is… Durham Constabulary.
On Saturday afternoon (14th September) neighbourhood PCs Adam Crawford and Josh Roberts were patrolling Newton Aycliffe town centre when staff at Heron reported a shoplifting incident.
Workers mentioned that they’d seen the suspected stolen goods posted on Facebook as part of a ‘bonus ball’.
The caption read ‘1 to 50, £1 a number, Meats all in good date back in my fridge, 36 bars of Milky Bar Gold.
After a bit of detective work, PC’s Crawford and Roberts tracked down the address where the items were being raffled from and seized a large quantity of rump steak and Milky Bar Gold.
A man was interviewed under caution and is being dealt with.
To the delight of the staff, the items were returned to the store within the hour.