Cigarettes used to be the bounty of choice for shoplifters keen to turn a quick profit.Now gangs of “modern day rustlers” are targeting supermarkets for prime cuts of meat to sell on the black market, according to police in Tasmania, Australia.
“Years ago, there used to be rustlers. They used to go out and steal cattle, cut them up on the side of the road, in paddocks, take the meat and sell it. Our lot are a lot lazier,” says Detective Inspector David Plumpton.
“These days, these modern day rustlers, they just go straight into a supermarket. It’s already packed, and they’ve just got to put it straight into the frying pan.”
According to the police, shoplifters have been working in teams to target supermarkets in the island state. Accomplices act as lookouts while the main culprit slips some of the red stuff into a trolley, or whatever else is to hand.
“We’ve had them taking prams in, loading prams up and then just wheeling the prams out," Plumpton says.
Like cigarettes once were before retailers started hiding them behind the counter, meat is a high value product that's readily accessible and easy to sell on. more
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