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Liverpool police ask if any retailers have had a large quantity of chocolate go missing

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Merseyside Police have appealed for any retailers that have had a large amount of chocolate bars stolen to contact them after a suspected thief was arrested on Thursday. A 45-year-old man was arrested after an incident of someone trying to get into a staff room…

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