The couple left their 11-year-old daughter in charge of the home while they were gone, according to investigators.
The National Police Chiefs' Council said kennel spaces were "reaching capacity" and had called on the Government to help ...
The National Police Chiefs' Council predicts costs of enforcing the ban will have reached £25m by April this year.
The XL bully ban is costing police forces millions of pounds in veterinary bills and kennelling, police chiefs have warned.
Since February, it has been a criminal offence to own an XL bully dog in England and Wales without an exemption certificate.