Two teenagers arrested after police respond to shoplifting at Newcastle retail park
Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences after police responded to reports of shoplifting in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Staffordshire Police were called to Wolstanton Retail Park at 5.10pm on Saturday (1 February) following reports of two teenage boys leaving a store without paying for items.
Two arrests were made:
- A 16-year-old boy, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, on suspicion of theft from a shop, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, handling stolen goods and criminal damage
- A 15-year-old boy, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, on suspicion of theft from a shop and criminal damage.
Both were questioned in custody and released on conditional police bail while enquiries continue.
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