The Primrose police arrested a 26-year-old woman for shoplifting, last Monday.<\/p>\n
The arrest was made after a local store\u2019s security guard witnessed the woman slipping items from the shelves into her handbag.<\/p>
\u201cThe security guard explained that she would place a few items in her basket and others she would slip into her handbag.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she got to the till-point she allegedly only paid for the items in her basket,\u201d explained communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>
When she attempted to leave the store she was confronted by the security guard.<\/p>\n
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