Primark Madrid told to up its security over 'daily' pickpocketing reports
Thursday, June 9, 2016 @ 12:42 PM
POLICE in Madrid have ordered budget chain store Primark to increase its security, saying customers are reporting thefts to them 'almost daily'.
Four pickpocketing gangs have been broken up, and nearly 300 people a month report their bags or purses being stolen whilst they are in or very near the shop.
The Irish cut-price fashion label opened a flagship store on Madrid's busy Gran Vía in October last year, and queues stretched all the way down the street as Primark fans camped outside waiting for the grand opening.
“This is an establishment with a tremendous amount of visitors and where a huge quantity of people gather all at once,” says Alfonso José Fernández, Madrid's chief of police.
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