Radio deejays alerted listeners to what they thought was a series of Baby Jesus thefts, as statuettes were missing from roundabout cribs in Floriana, Attard and Mater Dei Hospital.

But, rather than being stolen, this time they were just removed before the colourful cribs were to be disassembled, the Environmental Landscapes department confirmed yesterday.

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