{"id":83520,"date":"2024-02-23T15:37:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=83520"},"modified":"2024-02-23T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:37:51","slug":"a-shop-on-albany-road-is-letting-people-in-one-at-a-time-as-shoplifting-on-the-street-gets-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/02\/23\/a-shop-on-albany-road-is-letting-people-in-one-at-a-time-as-shoplifting-on-the-street-gets-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"A shop on Albany Road is letting people in one at a time as shoplifting on the street gets worse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shop workers have been spat at and slapped by shoplifters as crime numbers almost double in two years across South Wales<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SOME shops on Albany Road are closing their doors in the daytime as an alarming surge in shoplifting in South Wales has hit the street hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes we\u2019ll have the door locked nearly all day. We\u2019re shattered by the end of it because we\u2019re running back and forth opening the door,\u201d said Ceri, assistant manager at the Beanfreaks health food store on Albany Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clothing store Peacocks also closed its doors this week after an angry would-be shoplifter smashed the door, according to supervisor Liz Richards. Normally the doors are kept open for customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ceri, who did not want to give her full name, said businesses on the street have started a WhatsApp group to warn each other when shoplifters are in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her husband has also started taking her to and from work because of fears for her safety. \u201cHe brings me and waits until I lock the door because we\u2019ve seen so much go on even that time in the morning,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beanfreaks have had to take steps to protect their valuable stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff have replaced the protein powder in their shop with dummy versions and withdrawn manuka honey from the shelves because of shoplifting, according to the assistant manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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