Category Archives: Shoplifting

The LBC website reports that Tesco has resorted to locking its protein bars in security boxes as part of the latest wave of anti-shoplifting measures.

Photos taken at a Tesco Express store in London, show a range of different flavoured bars secured in individual containers bearing security warnings.

The Guardian website reports that the government is investing more than £55m over the next four years in expanding facial recognition systems.

The plan includes £4m for mobile units that can be deployed on high streets using live facial recognition in crowded areas to identify people wanted by the police.

According to the Kent Live website, a woman who stole more than £500 worth of alcohol from Waitrose claimed she was desperate for cash because she was on sick leave.

It was claimed in court that Habiba Bentchakal took up a suggestion to steal as a way of making money whilst she was off work.

According to The Sun website, crooks are using wheelie bins to raid stores as a shoplifting epidemic plagues Britain.

A recent report details how criminal gangs are using builder’s sacks, bins and suitcases in order to swipe more goods from shops.

The BBC News website reports that a small chain of garden centres have been targeted by an “organised crime” gang of shoplifters.

Bosses at Tates of Sussex said it had to spend thousands of pounds hiring a security team following a big rise in the number of thefts committed.

As reported on the This Is London Local website, a thief has been charged with stealing from two Harlow shops 50 times over a four-month period.

Dawn Brooker was arrested following the theft of products worth an estimated £4,300 and charged as part of police efforts to “protect shops and businesses in Essex”.