If there's one thing British people love, it's tea.

And if there's one thing British people really, reallyhate, it's people stealing the precious milk required to make said tea.

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In shared offices, this is a fairly common crime. Sometimes it leads to people sticking passive-aggressive little post-it notes to their belongings, or stashing a secret supply of milk in miniature fridges beneath their desks.

Of course, some resort to more extreme measures.

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That padlocked milk photo has gone seriously viral over the last 24 hours -- a clear testament to just how strongly the nation feels about this issue.

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Some people were aghast.

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Others had different concerns.

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In the end, though, the photo was traced back to a place where security is clearly top priority: a police station.

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Yep: that picture was taken by a student police officer, and it shows the inside of the shared fridge at Halifax Police Station.

You may think it's odd -- and, admittedly, it probably takes a lot longer to make a cup of tea than normal -- but hey: if the police can't curb the nation's milk theft epidemic, who can?

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