Meat, beauty products and power tools are the three most shoplifted items in Christchurch. Shoplifters donning elaborate disguises and sophisticated crime rings stealing to order are just some daily crime struggles faced by Christchurch retailers. “They do it to get away from staff as under health and safety laws as they know they can't be apprehended. “There is an organised element to some shoplifting where items can be stolen to order.”He urged retailers to report shoplifting and to call 111 if “threatened by an offender”. Supplied/Supplied Tom Batterbury, Phil Thomson and James Corbett co-founded Auror, helping retailers share information about shoplifting in real-time with police.

Source: Stuff May 17, 2021 16:52 UTC