Police have reported that 24 live lobsters were stolen from a Scots harbour overnight in a bazzare social media post.
The sea creatures were allegedly stolen from storage at a pontoon at Arbroath Outer Harbour between 5pm on Tuesday, November 5 and 6am on Wednesday morning.
Police Scotland’s Tayside social media page humoured “they couldn’t have escaped themselves”.
Anyone who may have seen anything suspcious or has been offered them for sale has been asked to contact police.
The post on X wrote: “24 live lobsters were stolen from storage at a pontoon at Arbroath Outer Harbour btwn 5pm Tue 5th – 6am Wed 6th Nov. Couldn’t have escaped themselves and had help. If you saw unusual activity or have been offered them for sale call 101, ref incident 0611 of 6th Nov.”
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