Beer today, gone tomorrow! More than 70,000 pints worth of Guinness stolen from depot by two HGV trailers in evening heist

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 13:52 EDT, 3 September 2026 | Updated: 14:56 EDT, 3 September 2026 Brazen thieves stole two HGV trailers containing more than 70,000 pints worth of Guinness from a depot.Around 800 barrels of the stout, estimated to be worth £115,000, were taken from Whitehouse Industrial Estate in Runcorn on Monday, a Cheshire Constabulary spokesman said.The force is hoping to recover the stolen items and has appealed for witnesses who may have seen a lorry entering the Aston Lane area at around 7.45pm.Detectives said the lorry connected to an HGV trailer containing the Guinness and left the site at around 7.55pm in the direction of the Mersey Gateway bridge.A second lorry arrived at the same site at 9.12pm and connected to another trailer, which also contained barrels of Guinness, before leaving at 9.30pm in the direction of Rainhill and Watkinson Way, police said.The stolen barrels, containing around 70,400 pints of the Irish tipple, were awaiting delivery to pubs.Diageo, which owns Guinness, has a packaging warehouse on the Whitehouse Industrial Estate on Aston Lane.Police say both HGVs were believed to have been driven by men. Brazen thieves stole two HGV trailers containing more than 70,000 pints worth of Guinness from Whitehouse Industrial Estate in Runcorn (pictured) One of the two HGV trailers stolen from the depot, which contained hundreds of barrels of beerThe first driver is described as white with a short dark beard and wearing a beanie hat, while the second is believed to have been wearing a cap.It is estimated the total value of the items stolen, including the trailers and the Guinness, is about £205,000.The trailers are described as white tri-axle curtain side trailers with branding for logistics company GXO on curtains and rear doors.They also have unique ID numbers on their rear doors in the top left corner. The ID numbers of stolen trucks are DL736 or DL542. Detective Sergeant McClatchy said: 'It is famously said that "Guinness is good for you", but that is only the case when it has been bought and paid for.'It is with this in mind that we have wasted no time in launching enquires to identify those responsible for the theft of £115,000 worth Guinness and the two trailers that housed the barrels – we will settle for nothing less than the full recovery of all the items stolen.'As part of our investigation into fully established what has occurred, we are now appealing to anyone who has any information in relation to the theft to please come forward and speak to officers.'We would also ask any motorists who were driving in the area at the time of either of the incidents to please review any dashcam footage to see if you have captured anything that could aid our investigation.'Anyone with information is asked to contact police via the website, or by calling 101 and using incident reference number IML-2408641.