An alleged truck thief has left much of Bendigo and surrounds without newspapers on Wednesday.

Neil Mitchell was alerted to the situation by Irene, who rang after she couldn’t find a newspaper to buy.

“I’ve been running all over town trying to buy a newspaper and nobody has one,” Irene said.

Mary runs a local newsagent and said the papers had allegedly been stolen at a distribution centre and never made it to Bendigo.

Sue then rang, telling Neil the truck had since been found at Emu Creek.

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