Shellfish thieves net £300,000 lobsters in Ocean’s 11 raid

40,000 oysters were taken, along with their cages (Picture: Getty)

Thieves have made off with $400,000 worth of oysters, lobsters and crab in three separate heists, police have said.

40,000 full-grown oysters, in cages worth $20,000, were snatched in Falmouth, Maine, on November 22 in Casco Bay.

Maine Marine Patrol Sgt Matthew Sinclair said the situation was ‘devastating’ for a small businessman.

Just weeks later, the thieves struck again in Taunton, Massachusetts, with...