A prankster is believed to have stolen a chicken, only to return it hours later.
The bird's owner called police at 8.30pm yesterday to report its theft from the rear garden of their home in Mill Lane, Birch.
Later the same night the free-range chicken reappeared.
The owner told officers someone had entered the garden a number of times in the past, but nothing had been stolen.
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