New York Post

New pint purloin bandits

- Audrey Williams

Another crew of ice-cream bandits is on the loose.

Cops are searching for three suspects who have scooped up more than 700 pints from drugstores around Manhattan.

The crooks have struck Duane Reade, CVS and Rite Aid stores from Tribeca to the Upper East Side, stealing pints of Ben and Jerry’s, Talenti Gelato and HäagenDaz, among others.

They’ve also made off with $1,000 worth of cold medication, Red Bull energy drinks, Muscle Milk and 5-Hour Energy drinks.

Earlier this month, the “Bonnie and Clyde” of the freezer aisle were busted after local supermarke­t magnate and former GOP mayoral candidate John Catsimatid­is put a $5,000 bounty on their heads.

Sources said the stolen ice cream was being resold to bodegas for as low as 10 percent of the typical retail price.

There have been more than 250 complaints of icecream theft and 130 arrests this year, authoritie­s said.

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