Shoplifting Ring Busted in Salford

0:00On April 20th, seven folks got pinched in software for plotting a nationwide shoplifting spree, hitting fancy retailers in big supermarkets. Greater Manchester police say the crew was gearing up for non-violent direct action, planning to snatch high-value goods and hand them off to food. Banks. This went down Sunday afternoon, April 19th, with one guy and six women nabbed in a join-up with a metropolitan police. They're all suspects in a conspiracy to steal, and right now, everyone's still in custody getting grilled. Word on the street links them to the take-back power action group, a self-described non-violent resistance outfit pushing for citizens and assemblies to tax. The rich and fix-britten from the ground up. They're everyday people tired of the system, or so they claim. Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker laid it out clear. This team were busted their coordinated plot against high-end stores, and cops are cracking. Down hard on organized theft like this. No tolerance in Greater Manchester.

1:00As shoplifting headlines keep stacking up with new store-tech fighting back, these arrests send a message that plans like this won't slide. Police are on watch, keeping the streets straight.