Violent shoplifting gangs given the 'freedom to loot' by lax policing has left staff living under a reign of terror from armed thugs with almost 1,000 incidents a day, store bosses warn
In the first six months of the year, shoplifting, violence and antisocial behaviour in Co-op stores (file photo) rocketed by 35 per cent to more than 175,000 incidents, almost a thousand a day.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
