A U.Okay. man has pleaded responsible to theft and legal harm after stealing 200,000 Cadbury Crème Eggs earlier this month.

The West Mercia Police Division in Worcester, U.Okay. tweeted out the information saying the arrest was made on Feb. 11. The sweets have been stolen from an industrial unit in Telford.

Joby Pool says he used a steel grinder to interrupt into the unit, attaching the cab filled with goodies to a stolen truck and driving away. Police caught him a bit down the highway.

“The eggs-travagent theft befell on Saturday 11 February,” the West Mercia Police tweeted. “Together with the crème eggs, numerous different chocolate varieties have been additionally stolen.”

Unable to withstand a superb pun, the native firefighters replied “Eggcellent work by all concerned.”

The stolen chocolate is valued at roughly 40,000 British kilos, or roughly $48,000.

Pool is predicted to be sentenced subsequent month.

The eggs are a giant Easter deal with and a scorching vendor at the moment of 12 months. Six years in the past, Cadbury launched an Oreo Crème egg that almost broke the Web within the U.S. as followers howled that they have been solely obtainable in Canada and Britain.

The following 12 months, the corporate whipped customers right into a frenzy by providing a Willy Wonka-like prize for U.Okay. customers who discovered a white chocolate model of the sweet, value as much as 2,000 British kilos.