Police officers take purses and handbags from shoppers
Police officers took purses and handbags from unsuspecting shoppers last night (Thursday) as part of an operation.
Four undercover officers found shoppers who were placing their handbags in shopping trolleys and leaving their handbags unattended whilst shopping.
Two officers managed to remove handbags from shopping trolleys and took purses out of unzipped shopping bags hung on to the trolley. In total 49 bags and purses were removed in a three-hour period.