Overview
- Detectives executed a November 11 search warrant at an Arundel address, seizing two property van loads of items linked to a large-scale shoplifting probe.
- Police say the group used counterfeit receipts resembling major retailers to remove high-value goods including toys, appliances, bedding and homewares, then resold them online.
- Officers also located methamphetamine and drug utensils, a firearm and a modified gel blaster during the search.
- Investigators allege participants drove unlicensed, used multiple vehicles to avoid detection, and involved children in the preparation and sale of goods.
- Three men aged 46, 46 and 47 and a 45-year-old woman have been charged, with court dates set at Southport Magistrates Court on November 26, December 1 and December 10.