In the summer of 2022, police got a tip from Shoppers Drug Mart. Security at the pharmacy chain had spotted a pattern in a string of shoplifting incidents at suburban stores outside Toronto.
According to police, Shoppers reported that a group of thieves was repeatedly going into stores and picking out expensive items, like electric toothbrushes, vitamins and breast pumps. They scanned the items through a self-checkout kiosk so none of the staff got suspicious but didn’t actually complete the transaction, they just walked out with the merchandise.
