Halton Police are investigating a theft that was reported which noticed six suspects, believed to be youngsters, stealing instances of alcohol from exterior an Oakville comfort retailer
Halton Police are investigating a theft case that befell at an Oakville comfort retailer, the place six presumably teenage suspects stole instances of Twisted Tea alcoholic drinks in broad daylight on Halloween.
The incident befell on Oct. 31, 2024, within the parking zone exterior of West Oak comfort retailer on West Oak Trails in Oakville.
Safety video footage exhibits two presumably linked teams of Oakville youth (believed to be youngsters) congregating exterior the comfort retailer, earlier than every of the 2 teams each steal a case of Twisted Tea alcoholic drinks from a palette exterior the shop.
A video of the theft was captured by a close-by digicam and might been seen beneath:
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The homeowners of the shop had the instances exterior with the intention of bringing the instances into their retailer so that they could possibly be bought by clients.
The 2 suspected teenage teams grabbed one case of Twisted Tea every, then ran off with the alcohol.
Whereas the homeowners had been inside their retailer and never taking note of the parking zone, one boy in a bunch of two boys ran off with a case and each had been chased after by two of the homeowners.
As soon as the homeowners left the property, one woman in a bunch of 4 stole a second case and ran off in the wrong way.
Coincidentally, Oct. 31 was the primary day large field shops and grocery shops in Ontario had been allowed to promote packs of alcoholic drinks. (Comfort shops have been allowed to promote them since Sept. 5 this 12 months.)
Learn extra right here: Huge field shops now allowed to promote large booze
Halton Police obtained a report on the theft at 12:40 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2024, and haven’t but made any arrests pertaining to the investigation.
Twisted Tea is a model of alcoholic drinks manufactured from iced tea and malt alcohol.
