
Lego of it! New Zealand says thieves nabbed for brick block heists
The Peninsula
Wellington: New Zealand police said Thursday they have built a strong case against a pair of Lego loving shoplifters, charged with stealing NZ$20,000...
Wellington: New Zealand police said Thursday they have built a strong case against a pair of Lego-loving shoplifters, charged with stealing NZ$20,000 worth (US$12,000) of the popular toy.
The haul of brightly coloured interlocking plastic bricks was stolen, police said, in recent months from numerous stores across Auckland, New Zealand's largest city.
The thieves constructed an audacious way of pinching sets of the building blocks.
"In each instance, the alleged thieves brazenly created a diversion in the store by setting off the fire alarm," sergeant Karen Tabb said in a statement.
A 45-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man have been charged with 30 counts of shoplifting.