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Scottish Sun
17 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Shock moment female gang including pregnant woman ‘shoplift £1,000s in designer perfume in brazen daylight raid'
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SHOCKING footage shows the moment a female gang including a pregnant woman allegedly stole perfume worth thousands of pounds. CCTV from the shop in East London show the group appearing to swipe the expensive goods in a brazen daylight raid. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 Footage appears to show the group of females looking at the display cabinet 5 They are then accused of stealing thousands of pounds worth of perfume 5 The gang then appear to be stopped by a member of staff before shoving past her 5 One of the group in a black dress was visibly pregnant The four women, including the mum-to-be, are being sought by cops after the alleged shoplifting spree at the pharmacy in Mile End. Footage shared with The Sun appears to show the group breaking open a cabinet door. They then appear to stash dozens of Dior perfumes and premium gift sets in a Bag For Life. One of the quartet looks to have walked off swiftly as a member of staff confronted them. But the rest of the group are accused of shoving a teenage shop assistant and sprinting away. Pharmacy manager Dipak Raja, 36, claimed: 'Britain is going downhill, I couldn't believe a pregnant woman could be involved in something like this. 'I hate to think how her child will be in future - and what will she teach her kids?' The women stole about £1,800 worth of goods, Raja says, which were locked inside a strong glass cabinet. Tower Hamlets is known for having a higher crime rate than other boroughs in London. Knowing this, shops in the area, including Raja's pharmacy, have extra security and protection for their stock. But the pharmacy manger believes that the group must have planned the alleged raid before. Thief banned from every Greggs store in Britain after targeting one shop SEVEN times as cops launch crackdown He claims the group knew how to pick the lock rather than breaking the glass. Raja added: 'It's the first time I've experienced anything like this. "It was very clever the way they did it.' After a customer suspected something suspicious was going on, a member of staff confronted the gaggle. But the women insisted they weren't stealing, headed to the exit and shoved an 18-year-old store assistant who got in their way. Raja, who was busy with a customer at the time, called the police and chased after the group when he realised what had happened. However, the thieves ran ahead of him and managed to get away, he claimed. The group reportedly made their final escape after pushing through the disabled barricade at Mile End tube station. The Met Police confirmed to The Sun that no arrests have been made yet.
The Irish Sun
17 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Shock moment female gang including pregnant woman ‘shoplift £1,000s in designer perfume in brazen daylight raid'
SHOCKING footage shows the moment a female gang including a pregnant woman allegedly stole perfume worth thousands of pounds. CCTV from the shop in East London show the group appearing to swipe the expensive goods in a brazen daylight raid. Advertisement 5 Footage appears to show the group of females looking at the display cabinet 5 They are then accused of stealing thousands of pounds worth of perfume 5 The gang then appear to be stopped by a member of staff before shoving past her 5 One of the group in a black dress was visibly pregnant The four women, including the mum-to-be, are being sought by cops after the alleged shoplifting spree at the pharmacy in Mile End. Footage shared with The Sun appears to show the group breaking open a cabinet door. They then appear to stash dozens of Dior perfumes and premium gift sets in a Bag For Life. One of the quartet looks to have walked off swiftly as a member of staff confronted them. Advertisement Read More in UK News But the rest of the group are accused of shoving a teenage shop assistant and sprinting away. Pharmacy manager Dipak Raja, 36, claimed: 'Britain is going downhill, I couldn't believe a pregnant woman could be involved in something like this. 'I hate to think how her child will be in future - and what will she teach her kids?' The women stole about £1,800 worth of goods, Raja says, which were locked inside a strong glass cabinet. Advertisement Most read in The Sun Tower Hamlets is known for having a higher crime rate than other boroughs in London. Knowing this, shops in the area, including Raja's pharmacy, have extra security and protection for their stock. But the pharmacy manger believes that the group must have planned the alleged raid before. Thief banned from every Greggs store in Britain after targeting one shop SEVEN times as cops launch crackdown He claims the group knew how to pick the lock rather than breaking the glass. Advertisement Raja added: 'It's the first time I've experienced anything like this. "It was very clever the way they did it.' After a customer suspected something suspicious was going on, a member of staff confronted the gaggle. But the women insisted they weren't stealing, headed to the exit and shoved an 18-year-old store assistant who got in their way. Advertisement Raja, who was busy with a customer at the time, called the police and chased after the group when he realised what had happened. However, the thieves ran ahead of him and managed to get away, he claimed. The group reportedly made their final escape after pushing through the disabled barricade at Mile End tube station. The Met Police confirmed to The Sun that no arrests have been made yet. Advertisement 5 Staff members tried to intervene but claimed the group fled after being followed outside
The Sun
17 hours ago
- The Sun
Shock moment female gang including pregnant woman ‘shoplift £1,000s in designer perfume in brazen daylight raid'
SHOCKING footage shows the moment a female gang including a pregnant woman allegedly stole perfume worth thousands of pounds. CCTV from the shop in East London show the group appearing to swipe the expensive goods in a brazen daylight raid. 5 5 5 5 The four women, including the mum-to-be, are being sought by cops after the alleged shoplifting spree at the pharmacy in Mile End. Footage shared with The Sun appears to show the group breaking open a cabinet door. They then appear to stash dozens of Dior perfumes and premium gift sets in a Bag For Life. One of the quartet looks to have walked off swiftly as a member of staff confronted them. But the rest of the group are accused of shoving a teenage shop assistant and sprinting away. Pharmacy manager Dipak Raja, 36, claimed: 'Britain is going downhill, I couldn't believe a pregnant woman could be involved in something like this. 'I hate to think how her child will be in future - and what will she teach her kids?' The women stole about £1,800 worth of goods, Raja says, which were locked inside a strong glass cabinet. Tower Hamlets is known for having a higher crime rate than other boroughs in London. Knowing this, shops in the area, including Raja's pharmacy, have extra security and protection for their stock. But the pharmacy manger believes that the group must have planned the alleged raid before. Thief banned from every Greggs store in Britain after targeting one shop SEVEN times as cops launch crackdown He claims the group knew how to pick the lock rather than breaking the glass. Raja added: 'It's the first time I've experienced anything like this. "It was very clever the way they did it.' After a customer suspected something suspicious was going on, a member of staff confronted the gaggle. But the women insisted they weren't stealing, headed to the exit and shoved an 18-year-old store assistant who got in their way. Raja, who was busy with a customer at the time, called the police and chased after the group when he realised what had happened. However, the thieves ran ahead of him and managed to get away, he claimed. The group reportedly made their final escape after pushing through the disabled barricade at Mile End tube station. The Met Police confirmed to The Sun that no arrests have been made yet. 5
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Shocking moment 'slick' girl gang of shoplifters steal £1,800 from pharmacy and shove employee aside as they make their escape
This is the shocking moment a group of four girls stole almost £2,000 worth of perfumes from a small community pharmacy in east London. The group were caught on CCTV slipping several bottles of the expensive perfumes into their bags, and running off on Thursday afternoon. Dipak Raja, 36, who owns Forward Pharmacy in Mile End, told MailOnline the theft was 'sickening'. He added that he and his staff had been left distressed' by the incident and constantly on edge. In the clip, the girl gang can be seen appearing to browse the perfume shelves, pointing at various different products and discussing something among themselves. One of the girls then brazenly open up the cabinet and begins pulling out bottles of the expensive perfumes and piling them in to her bag. As the girls finish filling up their bags, a pharmacist comes over and confronts the girls, attempting to block the exit before being shoved aside. While two members of the shoplifting gang escape from the community pharmacy, two of the others turned around and exchanged words with members of staff before walking out. The group were then followed out of the shop by three staff members including Mr Raja. The pharmacy revealed the thieves made off with perfumes worth £1,800 and they had only just re-stocked, spending a small fortune. Mr Raja described how the group of girls came in to the pharmacy and fiddled with the lock on a secure glass cabinet he had only recently had fitted, containing expensive designer perfumes. They stole multiple gift packs worth around £100 each from brands including Paco Rabane and Dior and Mr Raja said the Dior Sauvage gift set cost at least £120. He added that one of his colleagues, Saarah, who had only started the week before, had tried to confront the girls about the theft but was shoved against the door frame. It was at this point that he and another colleague came forward to see the commotion and rang the police as they followed three of the girls to the tube station. The pharmacy owner described the operation as 'slick', explaining that while he and the other pharmacy workers had followed three of the gang to the tube station, the one with the bag of perfumes had run off in a different direction. Mr Raja said he believed they had done this before because they knew exactly what they were looking for. 'They knew what they were doing, they caused a commotion so we couldn't tell who had the perfumes and they went for all the expensive ones,' he said. The 36-year-old added that he had found the whole experience 'traumatising and really distressing' and said the pharmacy no longer felt safe. He told MailOnline: 'The community feel has gone and we're all on edge now. If there are two people in the pharmacy we just try and serve them as quickly as possible to get them out so we can watch what's going on.' He revealed he has also hired a security guard for the front of the shop to deter further thefts. He also confessed that his pharmacy is plagued by shoplifters but said he had never experienced anything on this level before. He told MailOnline: 'We get theft all the time but usually only £50 or £100 - never anything on this scale.' Mr Raja added that while he had reported the incident to the police he wasn't confident anything would be done and said: The police in East london, they just do anything about it, we get it all the time and it's really bad.'
