A witness captured a group of women running out of a San Francisco CVS Pharmacy with bags allegedly stuffed full of stolen items as a spree of retail thefts continue to plague the city. Retail thefts have been troubling major cities in recent months, forcing some stores to close their doors or limit operating hours. Authorities and retail officials in San Francisco have said that packs of shoplifters have regularly made off with merchandise to be resold. Shoplifters aren't stealing "one or two items that someone might need to get by," San Francisco Police Department spokesman Robert Rueca told Fox News last week. Millions of dollars’ worth of merchandise has been stolen from retailers in San Francisco, California Retail Association President Rachel Michelin told Fox News, adding that the funds from stolen items are ultimately used by crime syndicates.

Source: Fox News July 28, 2021 14:15 UTC