Undercover officers with the Philadelphia Police Department quietly fanned out across CVS stores this week, then moved in all at once. By the time the sting wrapped, dozens of suspected shoplifters were in custody, including roughly 13 people outside the busy Center City store at 11th and Market. Police say the coordinated operation, which unfolded over several days at locations in multiple neighborhoods, focused on both organized retail-theft crews and repeat shoplifters after CVS asked the department to step up enforcement, as per 6abc/Action News.
How police described the sting
Inspector Ray Evers told 6abc/Action News that undercover officers arrested 26 people over the course of the operation at nine CVS stores across the city, with 13 of those…..