A gang of shoplifters sold their stolen goods through wholesaler Prime Value Distribution, a new Channel 4 Dispatches documentary has revealed.
Called the ‘Morrisons Four’ by police, the gang stole £120,000 worth of goods from supermarkets on the orders of a Romanian crime gang, with more than 50 Morrisons branches targeted.
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When confronted by reporters in Bucharest, criminal leader Zeno Gugulan admitted that he sold some of the items to the Bedford-based wholesaler and various car boot sales.
A representative of the wholesaler also told an undercover Romanian journalist posing as a thief that the company could sell its stolen goods “all over the world,”, but later denied selling stolen items.
Two of the four suspects, Robert-claudiu Alexe and Elena-brindusa Efta, were arrested and sentenced to 27 months and 18 months in prison respectively.
