Police step up hunt for serial Lego thief

Police in Hampshire are building a case against a thief who has stolen thousands of pounds worth of Lego from a Hampshire supermarket. The one man crime wave has struck nine times within just two weeks, targeting the store's display of children's Lego and fleeing with boxes worth hundreds of pounds each time.



Officers hunting the serial thief have now released a CCTV image of the man they believe to be responsible and hope someone will recognise him before he is able to strike again. They are carefully piecing together the evidence from the last fortnight and are urging anyone who may have been offered Lego for sale to come forward with what could be vital information to help them catching their man.

The thief first struck on February 1, walking into the Asda supermarket in Fareham, picking up 46 boxes of generic Lego, worth £1,078 and walking out of the store without paying. The thief then struck again on February 4, stealing £180 worth of Star Wars Lego. He was back in store on February 6, when he picked up £633 worth of Star Wars Lego and walked out without paying and again on February 8, when he stole £30 boxes of generic Lego worth £300.



After a week's break, the latest theft happened on February 14, when the thief entered the store and fled with more generic Lego worth £416 - bringing his total haul of Lego to just over £2,600. PC Simon Wright, from Hampshire Crimestoppers, said: “If you know who this man is, or if you have been offered Lego for sale, please do call the police. It's easy to assume that shoplifting is a victimless crime and 'doesn't matter' but we all finish up paying for those who simply help themselves.”