Police from Wagga Wagga Local Area Command are issuing a warning to those who intend to shoplift, following ongoing operations in the area.<\/p>\n
Over the last two days (Wednesday 8 April \u2013 Thursday 9 April 2015), Wagga Wagga Police conducted Operation Cut-Price, targeting shoplifters in a joint operation with retail loss prevention officers.<\/p>\n
The operation is the one of a series of operations Wagga Wagga Police are conducting as part of ongoing investigations into retail theft.<\/p>\n
A number of suspected shoplifters were targeted during the operation and a strong police presence was focused on locations identified as retail theft hot spots.<\/p>\n
During the operation a total of 23 people were caught for shoplifting and other offences.<\/p>\n
The officer in charge of Operation \u2018Cut-Price\u2019, Leading Senior Constable Simon Carberry is issuing a warning to people in the area that intend to shoplift.<\/p>\n
\u201cShoplifting is a serious crime that has a major impact on local businesses and the community as a whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cWagga Wagga Police will continue to crack down on people who shoplift, with further operations already planned.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you shoplift, you will be caught and charged,\u201d said Leading Senior Constable Carberry.<\/p>\n
Police would like to thank the community members that assisted in providing information and supporting the operation.<\/p>\n
Any information on shoplifting offenders or people who receive stolen goods are urged to call their local police or Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police from Wagga Wagga Local Area Command are issuing a warning to those who intend to shoplift, following ongoing operations in the area. Over the last two days (Wednesday 8 April \u2013 Thursday 9 April 2015), Wagga Wagga Police conducted Operation Cut-Price, targeting shoplifters in a joint operation with retail loss prevention officers. The operation … Continue reading “Police target shoplifters during Operation Cut-Price – Wagga Wagga LAC”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hume"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}