[EvanAnderson]

The whole "beheaded" angle was irritating. Their heads are made to come off. And they're just plastic figurines, not living things.

[maeln]

But that's the whole joke of the article ? I don't think it is intended to be that serious. It is kind of those "weird"/rare crime that newspaper have fun reporting on

[dathinab]

if they got extracted from unopened Lego sets (e.g. to "launder" stolen Lego sets through the 2nd hand part market) they didn't even need to "take them off" (at least in the past) they did ship as separate parts.