Clothing thefts rife

Press, 25 February 1981, Page 6

Clothing thefts rife

Anothe? wave of clothing : store burglaries is gathering momentum in Christchurch. A burglary at the Mrs Pope’s shop in Seaview Mall, New Brighton, on Monday night was the third at the shop in a week. On Saturday night thieves escaped with more ’ than $lOOO worth of women’s dresses arid children’s jack-, ets and jerseys.

A similar amount of clothing had been stolen on Monday, February 16, but most

of it was later found in a parking lot near the shop. The value of the women’s and children’s clothing stolen on Monday night is still being assessed. The burglars also took clothing and shoes from the Wallenstein and Hannahs’ shops in the same building as Mrs Pope’s. ' The police are still investigating the theft of $11,276 worth of suede material, furs, and suede jackets from Ca~oline Goodman Fashions. Ltd, in Battersea Street, Sydenham on Thurs-

i day night. Entry was gained by breaking a window. 5 The wave of clothing J burglaries seem to strike! I about every six months,! i according to the police. More than. sBo,ooo' worth ’ of clothing was stolen in > Christchurch in August, most of it from fashionable . shops and boutiques, fl ■ The police believe that at -■ least some of the burglaries »■ ate committed “to order” for t; “customers” with prei j arranged markets, possibly -'in the North Island.