A 13-year-old Belgian boy and his mother who made off with armfuls
of toy Smurfs have been nabbed with the haul of small blue heroes dreamt
up by a Belgian comic-book author, police said Monday.
Staged weeks ahead of the worldwide release of the much-awaited Hollywood movie on Peyo’s Smurfs, the heist took place Friday in a supermarket.
As the mother stood watch, the teenager stuffed bundles of Smurf
toys into his clothes before the two
left the store. But they were quickly identified thanks to surveillance cameras and confessed, police said. The heist ran up to almost 600 euros ($871).