Brazen thieves drove off with 16 tonnes of ham and bacon – worth $100,000 – from a western Sydney warehouse at the weekend…

The gang struck about 1.30am on Sunday, obscuring security cameras at the factory before cutting a hole in the refrigeration sheeting that formed the outer wall of the main cool room.

Once inside, the thieves used the company’s electronic palette jack to move the hams to the opening. They then passed them through the hole and into a truck they had parked in a vacant adjoining block…

Not content with their lucrative haul, they decided to deal the Zammits one more blow – scrawling a a cheeky “Thanks. Merry Xmass” message on an internal wall.

And to all a Good Night.