Beans means spys

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I know the Daily Mail has a habit of exploding story's but well read on.

Now a council uses cameras in bean tins to catch bin 'criminals'


A local council is to use hidden cameras to catch residents who leave rubbish out on the wrong day.
CCTV devices will be disguised inside objects such as baked bean cans and house bricks to film offenders.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=443458&in_page_id=1770