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HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) – Over the weekend, a mischievous, four-legged intruder made its way into a Virginia liquor store, causing quite the commotion by disorganizing several shelves before being discovered passed out on the bathroom floor.
The Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter provided details on the amusing episode on Saturday. They noted that an officer was dispatched in response to an unusual situation at the Virginia ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority) store located in Ashland.
When the officer arrived, she found that a raccoon had broken into the store, knocked liquor bottles from shelves and passed out in the bathroom after becoming “intoxicated.”
The officer “safely secured our masked bandit and transported him back to the shelter to sober up before questioning,” a representative for the animal shelter wrote on Facebook.
The raccoon recovered at the Hanover shelter, ultimately showing no signs of injury.
“[He] was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer,” the Facebook page explained.