nicked off this week's the northerner, petty crime doesn't pay either:
... the thief who took a lucky dip by unhitching a lorry trailer in the hope he had discovered an Aladdin's cave of contraband. In fact, the trailer contained 17 pallets of cans of throat spray.
Initially downhearted, no doubt, he seems to have thought: well, winter's approaching (only 81 shopping days to Christmas at the time of writing), so throat spray is just what people will be wanting.
So - rather like Ruby in Liverpool - he allegedly sallied forth into the streets of Linthwaite to offer the cans at bargain prices. Unfortunately, reports the Huddersfield Examiner, the first customers included West Yorkshire police.