DHAKA: German police were hunting on Wednesday for thieves who made off with 10 truckloads of beer while the country was distracted by World Cup football fever.

‘We’re following up on two or three leads,’ said a police spokeswoman from the western city of Krefeld, where the pallets of beer were stolen from a warehouse some time between last Thursday evening and Monday morning.

The thieves carried away some 300,000 litres of canned beer while Germans were transfixed by their team's heroics in Brazil, beating Argentina in the final on Sunday.

Appealing for help from the public, the police in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia said, ‘Has anyone noticed a very large amount of beer? Does anyone have information about where it could be stored?’, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 1935 HRS, JUL 16, 2014