Pair charged with shoplifting spree across entire police district
A man and a woman have been charged with multiple offences after allegedly going on a shoplifting spree across entire police district.
The PSNI have stated officers in Lurgan arrested the pair on Friday (2nd), after a number of shoplifting incidents alleged to have taken place across the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon area in recent days that saw items worth a total of roughly £4,500 stolen.
The woman, who is 28 years old, is charged with seven counts of theft plus four counts of going equipped for theft; the man, said by police to be 21 years old, faces six counts of theft as well as four counts of going equipped for theft.
Both are due to appear before Newry Magistrates Court tomorrow (5th) to answer the charges laid against them.
Said a PSNI spokesperson: “As is usual procedure, the charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.”