A SHOPLIFTER in Reading turned out to be a wanted man … from an incident in Blackpool two years ago.
Thames Valley Police said that its town centre team detained two shoplifters from the Hollister branch in The Oracle on Thursday, February 24.
One of the two people arrested used an alias.
In a post on social media, police said: “Both have now been clearly identified by CCTV…
“Following this arrest the Male Offender decided to lie and provided a fake name, this worked a charm all the way up until he was put on the fingerprint scanner at Custody.
“(It) turns out he was a wanted Male from Blackpool and had been since 2020.”
The officer added: “Don’t lie about who you are, we will find out – plus the jacket you tried to steal didn’t suit you anyway.”
