Police have checked another three arrests off their list in Papakura following a brazen supermarket burglary earlier this week.
Counties Manukau South Area Commander, Inspector Joe Hunter, says while conducting foot patrols on Tuesday afternoon, Police were alerted to a report of shoplifting from a supermarket on Averill Street.
¡°Store security provided information to Police of three females who were seen to have allegedly placed a trolley-load of groceries in duffle bags and rubbish bags before leaving the premises.
¡°Police continued their foot patrols along Great South Road and soon located a female matching the provided description.
¡°Our teams observed her walking towards a vehicle where the other two were waiting and all three were arrested without further incident.¡±
A subsequent search of the vehicle located all of the stolen items, which Inspector Hunter says were valued at around $730 in total.
¡°All the items have since been returned to the supermarket,¡± he says.
Two females, aged 24 and 26, are due to appear in the Papakura District Court today facing 18 charges between them relating to shoplifting.
A 43-year-old woman has also been summoned to appear in the Papakura District Court in due course.
¡°Given the range of property recovered, our enquiries will continue, and we can¡¯t rule out further charges for other incidents,¡± Inspector Hunter says.
¡°These arrests are another example of Police continuing to hold offenders to account for this type of behaviour taking place in our communities.¡±
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