B.C. RCMP arrest 4, recover $5,400 of stolen clothes in mall shoplifting crackdown

RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., say a recent crackdown on retail theft at the Metrotown Mall netted over $5,400 in stolen goods.

On Aug. 3, the detachment’s community response team conducted an enforcement blitz aimed at “prolific shoplifters” targeting the mall around closing time.

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Mounties arrested four people over a two-hour period.

Police said in one case, two men walked away from a store with two racks worth of athletic clothing worth about $3,500.

In another case, RCMP said a woman pilfered more than $1,300 of clothing from another store.