TikTok trend. The new social media fad sees teens emptying cans of beans on to doorways in so-called 'beaning' - forcing police to step in and ask shopkeepers to take action.
Videos circulating on TikTok under the hashtag #beanbandits show youths smearing the breakfast food onto doorsteps, driveways and even cars.
Officers have now urged local shops to be on the lookout for kids buying lots of baked beans in a bid to stamp out the bizarre behaviour.
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