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Serial shoplifter apprehended on shopping spree

Aug 8, 2019

DUBBO, NSW, Central West, Australia – A 29-year old woman appeared before Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday facing multiple shoplifting offences alleged to have occurred across the state’s Central West.

The woman, who appears to be a serial shoplifter first came to notice on Sunday 30 June 2019, when entered a supermarket on Peisley Street at Orange and attempted to steal several items.

It is alleged the woman struck a male staff member when confronted and ran from the scene.

Then a week ago, at 3.30pm on Wednesday 31 July 2019, it is alleged the woman attended a business at a Dubbo shopping complex and stole items of clothing.

A search warrant was executed at a Gilbert Street home in Dubbo on Tuesday following investigations by the Orana Mid Western Target Action Group.

Various items of clothing, believed to be proceeds of crime, were seized.

About 2:00pm yon Tuesday, the woman was arrested at a shopping complex in Dubbo’s CBD and was taken to Dubbo Police Station.

She was refused bail ahead of her court appearance on Wednesday.

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