Nanaimo RCMP are looking to identify the man allegedly involved in a shoplifting incident at a north Nanaimo grocery store on Sept. 7. (File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
SHOPLIFTERS
Police arrest one, looking for another after robbery at north Nanaimo grocery store
Sep 10, 2021 | 3:30 PM
NANAIMO — Local Mounties are looking to identify one person involved in a shoplifting incident.
Police were called to the Save-On-Foods location near Woodgrove Centre in the 6900 block of the Island Hwy., around 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
Workers reported two people allegedly stole several items from the store and the suspects threatened them with a knife and a pipe when they tried to recover the items. The suspects, a man and a women, fled.
“Thanks to a quick, coordinated response by responding members, the female suspect was arrested within a few minutes of the call to 911,” Cst. Simon Gallimore said in a release.
