Around £22,000 in Jammie Dodgers was stolen (Picture: SWNS)

A gang of criminals has been jailed for a total of 11 years after they nicked £20,000 worth of Jammie Dodgers.

The five-man gang stole the biscuits from a factory in South Wales after tricking a security guard by pretending to be a DHL deliverymen.

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Five men, Paul Price, 35, Keiron Price, 28, Aaron Walsh, 25, Stephen Burrows, 36, and Anthony Edgerton, 35, all pleaded guilty to biscuit theft.


Their sentences ranged from 12 months to 44 months.

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

Paul Michael Price (Picture: WNS) Paul Michael Price (Picture: WNS) Stephen Burrows (Picture: WNS) Stephen Burrows (Picture: WNS) Anthony Edgerton (Picture: WNS) Anthony Edgerton (Picture: WNS) Kieron Ian Price (Picture: WNS) Kieron Ian Price (Picture: WNS) Aaron Thomas Walsh (Picture: WNS) Aaron Thomas Walsh (Picture: WNS)

‘There was a good quantity of biscuits taken.



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Price and Edgerton also pleaded guilty to stealing a trailer full of nearly 2,000 cases of Carling worth more than £43,000.

As he was sentenced, Edgerton told the judge ‘Sweet, thanks your honour, that’ll be lovely.’

The biscuits were never recovered.