Pic: The internet responds to the most hilarious e-fit picture ever issued by a police station

Warwickshire Police have come in for a degree of ridicule over the past day, thanks to an e-fit picture issued of a burglary suspect.

The UK police force posted the image to Twitter yesterday, saying that they were looking for the suspect in relation to a 'distraction burglary' in Straford-upon-Avon.

We've issued an efit for of a suspect in a distraction burglary in Stratford in February. If you have any information please contact us. https://t.co/NipFniL1ed pic.twitter.com/oGiYfxIi2e
— Warwickshire Police (@warkspolice) April 3, 2018

After the initial reaction - it has been re-tweeted 17,000 times and liked 26,000 times in less than 24 hours - they posted a follow-up tweet saying that they had "anticipated the attention" and confirmed that it was real.

We can confirm that this is real and that we anticipated the attention! But jokes aside, it was created from a description provided and it's serious as a woman was victim of a horrible crime. Hopefully the attention will mean we identify the offender/bring him to justice quicker
— Warwickshire Police (@warkspolice) April 3, 2018

Of course, the internet being the internet, people have been posting their thoughts on who the culprit might be...

He sent me a snap! pic.twitter.com/ECc3b39YTM
— Laura (@_lauraslens_) April 4, 2018

pic.twitter.com/w6FfGRKxNk
— Keith MacPherson (@KeithMac733) April 4, 2018

Times must be hard after his Banana Splits days. pic.twitter.com/U0XeU4G774
— karl newsome (@karlsn74) April 3, 2018

Case is closed. I found your man in a pineapple under the sea. It was a real shocker. pic.twitter.com/dZ0lwJAw9K
— emily ðŸ'« (@pure_howell) April 3, 2018