Category Archives: Shoplifting

According to the Mail Online website a national police unit set up to tackle the scourge of shoplifting in the UK has identified more than 20 gangs and 200 criminals fuelling the epidemic.

Operation Opal has also identified 61 vehicles the gangs use to move shoplifters and goods around the country.

The Sun website reports that high street stores are slapping security tags on advent calendars worth just £2 — as shoplifters gear up for Christmas.

Retail favourites including WHSmith and Tesco are among those ­fitting anti-theft devices to even cheap festive treats, including the Bluey advent calendars.

As reported on the Grocery Gazette website, the government is planning to reverse the current £200 threshold in its shoplifting charter, to better tackle the rise in retail crime.

The government is set to remove the 2014 shoplifting legislation, which makes shop theft involving property with a value of £200 or less, a summary-only offence.

According to the Sky News website, a prolific shoplifter has been banned from wearing wigs, after using them to disguise herself whilst on stealing sprees.

Hannah Roberts had worn a variety of hairpieces after repeatedly ignoring a ban on entering certain stores in Gloucester city centre.

The Kent Online website reports that a former beauty consultant told a court that she made “the biggest mistake of her life”, after a £600 shoplifting spree.

Rasa Cmeliauskaite stole from four shops over two days, including John Lewis, Boots and Marks and Spencer.

As reported on the Metro website, a network of shoplifters have managed to steal at least £73,000 worth of champagne from UK shops before trafficking it abroad.

The group wear Bluetooth headsets to communicate whilst committing the thefts in ‘mafia-style’ operations.