Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Operation Pegasus
Police arrest 93 members of shoplifting gangs behind £4million retail thefts
A dedicated police squad has arrested 93 members of organised shoplifting gangs amid an explosion in retail thefts.
Operation Pegasus has “impacted 28 organised crime groups and high-harm individuals” responsible for more than £4 million in losses to businesses, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said.
Invidious comparison alert -
This shoplifting loss averages out at about £43,000 per gang member, a footling amount compared to government waste, yet we don't speak of the Labour Cabinet as a "taxlifting gang" do we? As we also know, £43,000 is substantially less than Starmer's freebies.
Why invidious?
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6 comments:
Do the fuzz have enough Roumanian interpreters?
I do like the idea of "high harm individuals", though. I can see it catching on in a system of social credit ("Your transaction has been refused due to your current status as a high harm individual") but that's another one we might want to apply to politicians and civil servants.
I wonder what the demographic and age breakdowns were on that many thefts.
Jannie - they probably need about a dozen interpreters.
Sam - and if Ed Miliband isn't a "high harm individual" it isn't easy to see who else could be in the UK.
James - it would be interesting info, but could be difficult to get hold of without keeping an eye on the court cases.
The crackdown is just because the buggers had been shoplifting suits. And spectacles. KnowwotImean?
dearieme - and probably posh frocks too.
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