Police in Suffolk, England have closed the books on a £10,000 theft of rare carp. Over the course of a few weeks 23 exotic Koi were stolen from a backyard pond.
Among the highly-prized fish which vanished from a home in Carlton Colville were three ghost koi carp worth £500 each, a three foot long orange fantail koi carp and a gold koi carp.
Police in Lowestoft feared that a professional thief had stolen them to order and issued this appeal: “Did you see anything suspicious in the area or have you been offered any similar fish since?”
No mention is made of stakeout, infrared sniper scopes, or surveillance, but the thief was observed lounging in a neighboring field, a well fed Great Blue Heron…
“Thankfully on this occasion an arrest wasn’t necessary.”
Here in the States, I’m sure the distraught owner would have insisted on a civil suit and a firing squad.
10,000 pounds? Them are some heavy fish.
See what you’ve been missing by not fishing for Carp? Us Brownliners have been enjoying enormous fish for years – while you fellows chase 12″er’s
Oh come on, this is all just a load of carp.
Good point…Just follow the heron and wait for nature to return your carp load.
Hasn’t Roughfisher been talking about building a carp pond? Someone check his passport quick!
Koi ponds here get robbed by herons and coons.