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Police find food worth more than £5,000 in car boot

Katy Prickett
News imageCambridgeshire Police A car boot which has at least eight full bags inside, some canvas, some shopping bags and one a black bin bag. An olive bottle has tilted out and is resting cap down at the bottom left side of the boot. Cambridgeshire Police
Officers thought the car was looking a little low to the ground when they spotted it on the A16

More than £5,000-worth of suspected stolen food, including chocolate, cheese and chorizo, has been discovered in the boot of a car by police.

Officers thought the vehicle was looking a little low to the ground as it travelled along the A16, between Peterborough, Crowland, and Spalding, on Friday.

On stopping the car at about 14:00 BST, they found 58 bottles of olive oil, 14 tins of tuna, 399 packs of chocolates, a large amount of coffee, cheese and chorizo, and cleaning products.

"We know people like to start stocking up for Christmas, but this is a tad extreme," said a police spokesperson.

News imageCambridgeshire Police A close-up of a floor which has piles of plastic packaged chorizo, parmesan cheese, Lurpak butter, nets with Babybel cheese and rectangles of cheddar, piled up four-deep.Cambridgeshire Police
On opening it, they found packs of cheese, chorizo and butter...

The county's Rural Crime Action Team were carrying out an operation on the A16 at the time.

A 39-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of theft and handling stolen goods.

News imageCambridgeshire Police A row of three tables in a room. The one in the front has large packs of dishwasher lined up and there are other cleaning products lined up to the wall. In the middle is another table which has a pile of packs of nuts, and the third table in the distance appears to have packs of coffee and shampoo lined up on it. Cambridgeshire Police
... various cleaning products...
News imageCambridgeshire Police A pile of green packs of roasted salted nuts, large clear packs of fruit and nuts and KP roasted nuts lying on a table. Cambridgeshire Police
... and packs of nuts, as well as olive oil and chocolate, all suspected by police of being stolen

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