STAR readers couldn't help but polish up on their jokes as three people were caught with suspected stolen toothbrushes in St Helens town centre this week.
On a patrol around St Helens town centre on Tuesday, November 29, Merseyside Police officers pulled over a silver Audi after it drove through a bus lane.
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After speaking to the driver, officers searched the car and found numerous concealed items that are believed to be stolen goods.
This included nine boxes of electric toothbrushes, as well as multiple boxes of denture cream, muscle gel, nicotine patches, and batteries.
The three occupants in the Audi, who are from Coventry, were arrested on suspicion of theft and handling stolen goods, while officers seized their vehicle.
Caught red-handed with goods that look to be stolen from a dentist or chemist, Star readers couldn't help but have a chuckle at their misfortune.
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On the St Helens Star report, Ajit Rughoo asked: "I wonder if this is their first brush with the law?" while Chris Twist said the offenders need to "brush up on their tactics".
Karen Smith questioned: "They didn't get a clean getaway then?".
Jack Grice said "That's a kick in the teeth!" while Chris Shaw bet that "they're not smiling now!".
Colin Neal Scarisbrick wrote: "They were foaming at the mouth".
Martin Liptrot said the police should "put up a plaque to commemorate this!".
Thinking about the police interview, Paolo Verde said officers will want "the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth".
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