Britain’s first police shoplifting squad catches twice as many thieves

Twice as many shoplifting offences were solved after police set up the UK’s first specialist unit to catch prolific thieves.

Kit Malthouse, the policing minister, has hailed the initiative as a potential model for tackling one of the most common but least prosecuted crimes amid fears the cost of living crisis could spark a surge in shoplifting.

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