Fox News: Thieves steal 2,500 pies in odd food heist gone wrong: 'So much waste'

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Thieves steal 2,500 pies in odd food heist gone wrong: 'So much waste'

British thieves recently stole a truck filled with savory pies, estimated to be worth $32,000. The van and pies were later found damaged....                        ...                        ...                            ...Authorities in the United Kingdom recently recovered a stolen van filled with 2,500 pies in an unusual food You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......The value of the pies was estimated to be 25,000 British pounds, or $32,000. The food items were owned by Tommy Banks, a restaurateur who owns two Michelin-starred establishments.......The vehicle, which was filled with steak and ale pies as well as a turkey and butternut variety, was supposed to head to a Christmas market in York.......The theft of the pies caused a stir on social media earlier this week, leading Banks to call on his followers to find the lost pies.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Thieves! Keep your eyes on the Pies!!" Banks wrote on X before the van was found. "Help find the pies. Let's try and recover them and feed some people."......Banks also asked the thieves to "do the right thing" and drop the pies off at a community center so the food wouldn't go to waste.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The pies were left in the stolen van, Banks said, but were too damaged to be eaten or sold. Banks confirmed that the van was insured but lamented the loss of the savory pies......."It's just so much waste. It's just rubbish," Banks said in a video on Instagram. "Sorry, it's not a happier ending to this story."......The pie incident is one of a few unusual food heists in the United Kingdom this year. In October, a group of thieves that posed as a wholesale distributor stole You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of English cheddar.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The estimated value of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login was $390,000. Local residents were asked to be on the lookout for "clothbound Cheddars in a [22-pound] or [52-pound] format with the tags detached."......The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report....

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