Videos are being posted on the social media site under the hashtag #beanbandits, which show youths smearing the juicy breakfast staple onto driveways, doorsteps and even carsShopkeepers urged by police not to sell baked beans to children due to new TikTok trendKids have started emptying baked beans onto doorsteps as part of a bizarre TikTok trend - forcing police to ask shopkeepers to stop selling tins. West Yorkshire Police has now urged local shop workers to be aware of youths buying large quantities of cans of beans - in case of "beaning". In a statement, PCSO Michelle Owens said: "It has come to the attention of the police that a new trend has started by groups of youths called 'beaning'. Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)"This involves youths throwing the contents of a can of beans over properties, very similar to the trend of throwing eggs at properties. In one picture, four empty cans can be seen discarded near a doorstep studded with little orange beans.

Source: Daily Mirror September 14, 2021 22:02 UTC