Shoplifting “epidemic” fuelling market in stolen goods run by organized criminals: VPD
Vancouver police say a crackdown on the sale of stolen goods that turn up on the sidewalks of the city’s Downtown Eastside has led to five arrests and turned up more than $650,000 in cash, drugs and stolen property.
Specialized investigators worked with front line officers this spring to track stolen property from store shelves to downtown sidewalks, where police say “organized fencing operations pay pennies on the dollar for stolen goods.” “Our work confirmed that fencing operations are fuelling an underground economy of shoplifting, and that some criminals are making thousands of dollars a week for buying and selling stolen merchandise,” Mastropieri’s statement says.
The suspects arrested in March, April and May include two men and three women, ranging in age from their 40s to their 60s.
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