Search

24 Nov 2025

Woman released on bail following city centre shop theft in Derry

Following a search of a property as part of enquiries, officers recovered a number of suspected stolen items

PSNI

The PSNI

Police in Derry arrested a woman following a report of theft in the city centre on Saturday, November 22.

Inspector Hewat said: "Officers responded to a call that a woman had stolen a number of items from a store, making off without any attempt to pay. Officers subsequently located the suspect and, she was arrested on suspicion of theft, and released on bail to allow for further police enquiries.

“Following a search of a property as part of enquiries, officers recovered a number of suspected stolen items. Enquiries are ongoing.”

Inspector Hewat added: "The impact of business crime is significant for business owners and retailers, their staff and the wider community. To help reduce this type of crime, by working with partners and the local business owners and retailers, we encourage anyone who sees this happening to report it, and make our city and town centres places where business crime will not be tolerated.

"Our officers, across the city and District, will continue to focus their efforts on disrupting repeat shoplifting offenders and provide support to the business community.”

For more information on crime prevention, personal safety and how to contact your local police, visit www.psni.police.uk/christmas

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.