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Your Saint Nicked! Police all dressed up in crackdown

Coventry Telegraph

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December 26, 2025

POLICE in the region have been taking festive measures in a crackdown on Christmas shoplifting.

- By DANNY THOMPSON News Reporter

Your Saint Nicked! Police all dressed up in crackdown

This time of year traditionally comes with a spike in retail theft, so Warwickshire Police have gone under cover to try and tackle it.

Dressed as Father Christmas and an elf, a pair of sergeants took to the region's popular shopping destinations to catch would-be thieves in the act. The plan resulted in a bunch of arrests as well as a chance to spread some Christmas spirit.

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