Four arrested in shoplifting chain swoop (From The Argus)
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Four arrested in shoplifting chain swoop
3:10pm Friday 23rd November 2012 in News
A gang of foreign “bulk” shoplifters toured Sussex targeting branches of the same chain store, police believe.
Suspicious behaviour was reported at Superdrug shops in Seaford and Uckfield last week.
At the chain’s outlet in St James’s Street, Brighton, cosmetics including Max Factor make-up were swept into a bag and stolen.
Staff called police when they saw the people they thought were involved at the store again on Friday.
Three men and a woman, all in their 20s and from Romania, were arrested in a car in Brighton. They gave addresses in Birmingham, Essex and London.
They were released on bail until December while police investigate further.
Four people from Romania were arrested after reports of suspicious activity at Zara in Churchill Square, Brighton, shortly before 1pm. Foil-lined bags were seized.
Nicolae Marinescu, 27, of no fixed address, and Moroi Constantin, 29, from London, were charged with going equipped for theft. They were each given a community order at Brighton Magistrates’ Court.
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Comments(6)
leobrighton
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3:19pm Fri 23 Nov 12
inadaptado
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3:26pm Fri 23 Nov 12
BornInBrighton1968 wrote:...and both highly-skilled and manual workers that take the jobs nationals can't or won't do, which benefits the economy. But isn't it funny how we never mention those?
Ah, the joys of living in a Europe without borders; we have such little crime in the UK that we are now importing foreign criminals...
lillylou
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4:13pm Fri 23 Nov 12
Sussex jim
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8:12pm Fri 23 Nov 12
inadaptado wrote:Certainly in the case of manual workers, our vacancies should be offered to own unemployed first. If they won't take up the jobs, then their benefits should be cut. Simple.
BornInBrighton1968 wrote:...and both highly-skilled and manual workers that take the jobs nationals can't or won't do, which benefits the economy. But isn't it funny how we never mention those?
Ah, the joys of living in a Europe without borders; we have such little crime in the UK that we are now importing foreign criminals...
What's that? Not allowed under EU law?
Then we can cure that problem- leave the EU.
John Steed
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5:08pm Sat 24 Nov 12
BornInBrighton1968 says...
3:18pm Fri 23 Nov 12