Fog machines, barriers and citizen’s arrests: Meet the shopkeepers hitting back against ‘kamikaze’ thieves

A suspected shoplifter is stopped as she leaves a shop in Durham, a city that has seen a huge increase in offences in recent months - (Core Convenience)

Shopkeepers are resorting to desperate measures in a bid to protect their businesses and staff from so-called “kamikaze” thieves who they claim are not being punished hard enough.

With record levels of shoplifting being reported to police, small retailers are having to fork out thousands of pounds on fog machines, enhanced CCTV systems and hi-tech security barriers in a bid to deter would-be thieves.