The city fighting back against shoplifters who run rampant, attack staff & steal 1MILLION a year

STUFFING a second child's toy down her parka jacket, the brazen thief races to the door and down the high street chased by two seething shopkeepers. She's just one of countless cocky crooks plaguing businesses in Truro, Cornwall, where shoplifters have pilfered millions of pounds worth of goods this year alone. The tired traders have been forced to take matters into their own hands, risking their own lives by chasing down thieves - despite some wielding mallets, used needles and broken bottles. Businesses fear the shoplifting ‘epidemic’ in their home, the UK's southernmost city, is feeding a dangerous underworld of drug-dealing and county lines gangs. Read more: Feral shoplifters attack us with used needles & mallets… catching a thief revealed sinister underworld pulling strings The Sun delivers breaking news, latest gossip and incredible exclusives around the world with h