2 men who allegedly stole £600 worth of clothing from Sports Direct in Newport have been released from custody whilst investigations are underway.
On Friday the men – both from Newport – went into the Sports Direct store on South Street and stole hundreds of pounds worth of clothing.
A 49-year-old man from Newport was arrested on suspicion of theft, possession of a Class A drug and a public order offence. A 52-year-old man from Newport was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.
Both men have been released from custody, but remain under investigation whilst Police enquiries continue.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said:
“At 11:21 on Friday 10th June, we received a report of a group of men suspected to be in possession of stolen clothing on Orchard Street, Newport.
“Officers attended and arrested two men. The clothing is suspected to have been stolen from Sports Direct, with an approximate value of £600.
“A 49-year-old man from Newport was arrested on suspicion of theft, possession of a Class A drug, and a public order offence. A 52-year-old man from Newport was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.
Article continues below this advertisement “They have been released from custody but remain under investigation while enquiries continue.”
Police need powers to be able to dish out instant punishment to low life criminals by breaking their jaw along with everything they own in their homes.
Courts will do nothing meaningful to change their ways and compassion, kindness, care, and pity is seen as weakness by smirking low end criminals adding to their feeling of superiority.
This is unlikely to be the only time they have stolen, so it ought to be made to be their last by showing it is not worth the risk.
A dozen days unpaid for half assed labour will do nothing to such cretins. Sipping soup through a straw with all you owned smashed to bits just may.
They don’t even know what bail is, by the time you get them to court they will have done a runner ♂️
Wow, £600 out of sports direct,
Must have been loads of black bin bags involved, no wonder they got caught, carrying around that amount of rubbish.
I reckon they managed to fit £600 worth of clothing in one of those massive mugs
Go to court, give hard luck story, get £50 fine and then go home and enjoy their quality merchandise from Sports Direct
Shops need to ban people entering with hoodies up as most have camera’s at entrance.
Did they recover the items? i’m a size L if not 🙂