Shoplifting in England and Wales is at a 20 year high.
But while you might have heard of the wave of criminal gangs looting shops, one police force has told ITV News it is now dealing with a rise in quite different culprits: middle class shoplifters.
The thieves are stealing high end goods and keeping them for themselves.
Officers have a bold way to deal with them, which doesn’t involve prison, but is it fair?
ITV News Anglia’s Katie Ridley tells Faye Barker what you need to know.
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