The gang of five pretended to be courier deliverymen in order to steal the biscuits from a factory in South Wales. However, when police discovered the trailer dumped by the roadside in Cwmbran there wasn’t a crumb in sight.

Paul Price, 35, Keiron Price, 28, Aaron Walsh, 25, Stephen Burrows, 36, and Anthony Edgerton, 35, all pleaded guilty to thieving the snacks, with their sentences ranging from a year to 44 months.

Judge Jonathon Furness QC said: “A convoy of vehicles came down to Cwmbran and gained entry to Burtons biscuit factory.

“There was a good quantity of biscuits taken.

“There was a significant amount of planning with a series of thefts involving the cloning of number plates so it would not be known these vehicles were stolen.”

Price and Edgerton also pleaded guilty to stealing a trailer containing 2,000 cases of Carling worth over £43,000.

As the judge sentence Edgerton he said: “Sweet, thanks your honour, that’ll be lovely.”