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Three Peruvian people managed to make international news headlines after pulling off one of the funniest theft in history — 220 sports shoes from various brands, all for the right foot.

The hilarious crime occurred on April 30th, at a sports goods store in Huancayo, central Peru. At around 03:30 am, three men managed to cut the padlocks at the back of the store and steal three large wooden box filled with sports shoes boxes from various brands. What the three men didn’t realize was that all the shoeboxes they stole only contained sports shoes for the right foot, as the owner had prepared the three boxes to have the footwear displayed at a local sports goods fair. Authorities believe that the three thieves have hidden their stolen goods, as there is no way that they can sell the sports shoes on the black market without their pairs.

  “We have checked the scene, and the particular thing about this crime is that only right-foot sports shoes have been stolen,” said Eduan Díaz, head of the Junín police region, adding that it’s just a matter of time before the three men are identified, as they were caught on surveillance (监视) cameras in the area, and have left their prints at the crime scene.

Even with the left sports shoes still in their store, the owner of the store estimates losses of around $13,000, unless the 220 stolen sports shoes are recovered, because, just like the three thieves, he can’t sell the sports shoes individually.

The shoe store had only been open for a few months but is one of several to be stolen recently. In mid-April, the National Police of Peru caught a person who had made off with six bags full of sports shoes from a shoe store in Ica, a city in southern Peru.

“Surely they wanted to sell it at half price,” one Twitter user joked.