Shops Becoming ‘Battlefields’

Friday, 28th July 2023 at 7:36pm

In a shocking story reported on the Daily Mail website, supermarkets and retails stores are being targeted by thieving criminals in a shoplifting epidemic that has sometimes seen reported incidents rise to 1,000 a day.

One Co-op outlet was raided by masked gangs three times on the same day, typically targeting store kiosk areas – which have high-value cigarettes – and alcohol aisles.

Staff have described armed thugs flashing screwdrivers or knives at them, and gangs smashing through doors using stolen vehicles.

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