Man, 47, charged after items worth £23,000 were stolen from shops in Hampshire

A man has been charged with shoplifting offences after items worth more than £23,000 were stolen from Boots stores in Aldershot, Andover and Fareham.

Ionel Elvis Dulea, 47, of Stephenson Street, Gateshead, has been charged with seven counts of theft from a shop and one count of attempted theft.

It comes after officers received reports that:

• Skincare products worth £1,242.34 were stolen from Boots in Aldershot on 10/08
• Skincare products worth £2,673.62 were stolen from Boots in Aldershot on 06/08
• Skincare products worth £2,099.29 were stolen from Boots in Andover on 06/08
• Skincare products and perfume bottles worth £10,790 were stolen from Boots in Fareham on 20/07
• Items worth £1,795.28 were stolen from Boots in Fareham on 16/06
• Skincare and cosmetic products worth £3,898 were stolen from Boots in Andover on 10/06
• Cosmetic products worth £887.77 were stolen from Boots in Fareham on 19/05
• There was an attempted theft of cosmetic products worth £815.54 from Boots in Andover on 01/03

The items stolen were worth a combined total of £23,386.30.

Officers launched an investigation and made an arrest. Dulea was charged and is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court today (26 September).