Police in Nantwich have warned residents to be on guard after revealing how an elderly couple had £2,000 stolen while out shopping at Sainsbury’s.
Officers told councillors at a Nantwich Town Council meeting that distraction thefts are likely to rise in the run up to Christmas.
A man from Nantwich has pleaded guilty to burgling a house in the town.
Aiden Goodwin was arrested on Friday (September 27) in relation to a distraction burglary at an address on Barony Court which occurred at around 6.10pm on Wednesday September 25.
Police are investigating a series of distraction thefts at supermarkets in Nantwich, Crewe and other parts of Cheshire.
The thieves have targeted older shoppers at supermarkets in Nantwich, Crewe, Northwich, and Congleton on March 19 and 20.
A 76-year-old woman fell victim to a distraction theft in Nantwich town centre, police have warned.
The elderly victim was approached by a man and woman in the Home and Bargain store on Beam Street, who engaged her in conversation before leaving.
Residents in Nantwich are being warned to remain vigilant after a large number of distraction burglaries across South Cheshire.
Police say a number of distraction burglaries involving men attempting to sell artwork have so far been reported in the Middlewich, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, and Cranage areas of the county.
Nantwich Police urged shoppers to be on their guard against East European crooks targeting people at supermarkets. The gang has carried out two “distraction” thefts in the town in the last two weeks, and seven in total across Cheshire East.
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