Tag: UK shoplifting frenzy

LONDON: From his hardware store in Cambridge, England, Neil Mackay has seen a sharp rise in the number of tools being stolen. This year he’s lost more than £1,000 ($1,248) worth of pliers, while his shop was broken into in January. Stealing has become so common that Mackay, 68, keeps a rogues’ gallery of CCTV images of suspects pinned to the wall.In one case, a shoplifter was caught on camera attempting to stuff a 3-foot bolt cropper, used for cutting metal, down his trousers. “Often, we’ll find empty...