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Inside Surrey's shoplifting capital: From the mother-daughter duos working in tandem to well-heeled women stashing goods up their jumpers, how traders in Haslemere have been forced to install panic buttons to tackle the menace

Family-run furnishings store Collingwood Batchellor is just the sort of upmarket retailer you'd expect to find in a leafy middle-class town like Haslemere.

3 months ago

Rise of the 'well-off middle-aged female' shoplifters: Stores in upmarket Surrey towns blame surge in thefts on affluent criminals - as shops say 'lack of police presence' has left them at mercy of thieves

Inge Dunbar, who owns the Sass and Spirit gift shop in Haslemere, has paid for CCTV and extra staff in a bid to disrupt the crimewave. 'That's not to do with the cost of living crisis,' she said

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