Thieves have made off with a vast quantity of Guinness after stealing two lorries from a depot in Runcorn, Cheshire, according to police. Officers say the vehicles were carrying more than 800 barrels of the stout, equivalent to some 70,000 pints.
The haul is among the more unusual cargo thefts reported in the north-west of England. Beyond the volume of beer taken and the use of two lorries, police have released few further particulars about how the vehicles left the site.
What police have confirmed
Cheshire police have stated that the barrels were taken from a depot in Runcorn. The force’s account is limited to the scale of the loss — more than 800 barrels, or about 70,000 pints — and the fact that the stout left the premises in two lorries.
“More than 800 barrels of the stout have been stolen from a depot in Runcorn.”
— Cheshire police
The size of the load
Guinness is typically moved in bulk barrels rather than bottled or canned pints, which helps explain how so much liquid could leave a single depot in only two vehicles. On the figures given by police, each lorry would have been carrying a substantial share of the 800-plus barrels.
- About 70,000 pints of Guinness reported stolen
- More than 800 barrels of stout taken
- Two lorries used to remove the load
- Depot in Runcorn, Cheshire, identified as the site
“Two lorries carrying tens of thousands of pints of Guinness were taken from a Cheshire depot.”
— Police account of the theft
No further official detail has been given in the information available about suspects, the timing of the incident, or whether the lorries or the barrels have been recovered. Police remain the source for confirmation that the theft took place and for the quantities involved.
