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While police needed to do more just follow their noses, public assistance and solid policework saw four alleged perfume thieves nabbed in a little over an hour.
Yesterday afternoon (03.08), police in Waikato responded to a call reporting that staff at a store at The Base, Hamilton had been assaulted and thousands of dollars’ worth of perfume had been taken.
Police received a quick brief at the scene about the likely identity of one of the youths, Senior Sergeant Pete Simpson says.
“Further prompt enquiries, including some video footage taken by a person at the scene, led police to a nearby address, where they located a bag full of the stolen items [and] four youths were taken into custody.”
The youths are due in court on robbery charges next week.
“This is a brilliant result, thanks to prompt information from the public both in the 111 call and at the scene,” Simpson adds.
