The famous tagline “Guinness is good for you” applies only when the drink is bought and paid for, police have said, after thieves made off with more than 70,000 pints’ worth. Officers believe two lorries were driven into a depot in Runcorn on Monday, each attached to a waiting trailer holding a combined total of about 800 barrels before being driven away. Cheshire police are hoping for a full recovery of the stolen barrels, and have appealed for witnesses who may have seen a lorry entering the Aston Lane area at about 7.45pm.
The first lorry was said to have connected to the HGV trailer before leaving the depot at about 7.55pm in the direction of the Mersey Gateway bridge. The second lorry arrived at the same site at 9.12pm and connected to another trailer before leaving at 9.30pm in the direction of Rainhill and Watkinson Way, police said. DS McClatchy said: “It is famously said that ‘Guinness is good for you’, but that is only the case when it has been bought and paid for.
We will settle for nothing less than the full recovery of all the items stolen. Diageo, which owns the brand, has a packaging warehouse on the Whitehouse Industrial Estate on Aston Lane. Police believe both HGVs were driven by men.
The first driver was described as white with a short dark beard, and he was wearing a beanie hat. The second was believed to have been wearing a cap. The trailers were described as white tri-axle curtain side trailers with branding for logistics company GXO on curtains and rear doors.
The trucks have the unique ID numbers DL736 and DL542 on the top left corner of their rear doors. When they are accounted for, it is estimated the total value of the items stolen is about £205,000.
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