{"id":395038,"date":"2026-04-24T07:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/395038\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:01:11","slug":"prolific-shoplifters-caught-with-bin-bags-full-of-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/395038\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Prolific’ shoplifters caught with bin bags full of chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two ‘prolific’ Auckland shoplifters were caught red-handed by police after a tip-off as to their vehicle’s whereabouts. <\/p>\n

Police were seeking the two women, aged 24 and 25, regarding an earlier theft, when they stopped their vehicle on Mount Wellington Highway. <\/p>\n

Detective Senior Sergeant Dean Batey said they allegedly had ill-gotten goods with them when they were pulled over. <\/p>\n

“While speaking with them, the officers noticed two large rubbish bags filled with chocolate, which was believed to be stolen.”<\/p>\n

The pair were arrested and charged with four counts of shoplifting, the total value of stolen goods given as more than $1700. <\/p>\n

“The goods included multiple bottles of shampoo, deodorant, moisturiser, chocolate, make up, chewing gum and pain medication,” said Batey. <\/p>\n

\"Boxes<\/p>\n

Boxes of Nurofen seized by police. (Source: NZ Police) (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n

The stolen products were then returned to the retailers they originated from. <\/p>\n

Both women have been remanded on bail and will reappear in Manukau District Court on May 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two ‘prolific’ Auckland shoplifters were caught red-handed by police after a tip-off as to their vehicle’s whereabouts. Police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-395038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}