As unlikely as it sounds, there is a black market for stolen rubbish bags in Dunedin. The illicit underground trade was revealed in the Dunedin District Court yesterday when Taman David Marcos Maclean (47) pleaded guilty to five charges of shoplifting. In his haul of nearly $2500 of products was $628 worth of Dunedin City Council rubbish bags. "They are alarmingly expensive and I understand there's a black market for them," he said. Maclean first struck on February 1, making off with three packs of 25 rubbish bags, stashing them down the front of his jacket and walking out.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 05, 2019 15:33 UTC