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The BBC News website reports that counterfeit clothes, watches, bags and medication were found during raids in the Strangeways area of Manchester.
Four premises were targeted over three days based on intelligence from a previous counterfeit goods investigation, with six people being arrested.

As reported on the the Express website, a mother has been spared a jail term, despite taking her young child out shoplifting for toys days before Christmas.

Lyndsey Halliwell bundled toys worth £123 into carrier bags in a busy WH Smith branch, before trying to run away with them.

The North Devon Gazette website reports that a finance manager stole £877,000 from a design company which was forced to lay off staff because of her fraud.

Clare Roberts had the total trust of the company’s founder and used her position to steal about £100,000 a year for almost a decade.

The Warrington Guardian website reports that a gang of thieves has been jailed for over 20 years, after running a ‘planned and professional’ shoplifting operation across the length and breadth of the UK.

The six men, – all Romanian nationals – succeeded in stealing goods with a minimum value of £161,678.

The Stoke-On-Trent Live website reports that an ex-con has been jailed again after he stole 86 mobile phones, worth £23,000, from his employer.

Wayne Grocott was employed to develop computer programs and help to build the company’s website, but after just three months in the role he stole the phone whilst the business owner was on holiday.

As reported on the Yorkshire Post website, a West Yorkshire Police officer is to face a misconduct hearing after it is alleged he stole various items of equipment which he later sold on eBay.

PC David Hitchcocks is accused of stealing a pair of motorbike boots issued to him by the force from a station locker room in July 2019.