Young child among 12 shoppers trapped in Manchester store after worker ran off with keys
A young child was among 12 shoppers left stranded in a Counterfeit Street store after a worker ran off with the key. The stores are 'structurally unsafe and littered with rat and urine faeces', police warned.
easily, according to Greater Manchester Police. Officers had to break down the shutters to get inside, where they found 12 people locked in, including a young child.Three men have been arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment and trademark offences. They remain in police custody for questioning. Shoppers being left trapped inside stores along the row have become commonplace - happening twice in the last few weeks alone. Back in December, shoppers heard shouting for help after being locked inside a premises on 'Counterfeit Street' were rescued by police. A group of 30 people were found 'huddled' inside.
Inspector Andrew Torkington, one of Operation Vulcan’s specialist officers, said: “This was a dangerous and unsettling situation we encountered. The owners of the shop had disabled the shutters and locked the customers inside, all in an effort to stop police finding and seizing their counterfeit items. Had we not been able to get inside the shop, who knows how long the members of the public would have been stuck inside before the owners braved returning.
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