{"id":72502,"date":"2019-10-14T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=72502"},"modified":"2019-10-14T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T17:30:24","slug":"police-warn-against-purchasing-stolen-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/police-warn-against-purchasing-stolen-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Warn Against Purchasing Stolen Items"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1071644541\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><ul>\n<li class=\"normal\"><span dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"en-US\">Police are advising members of the public to desist from the practice of purchasing items from anyone who are not involved in any legitimate business or are gainfully employed. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"normal\" align=\"justify\"><span dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"en-US\">This is because there is reasonable information to suggest that items stolen from homes, vehicles or elsewhere are either being sold locally or shipped out of the country.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-484799300\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"normal\" align=\"justify\"><span dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"en-US\">The public is reminded that it is an offence, in accordance with section 37 of the Larceny Act, Cap 241 of the Laws of Antigua and Barbuda; for anyone to receive any property knowing the same to have been stolen or obtained in any way whatsoever under circumstances which amount to a felony or misdemeanour. Anyone found guilty, in the case of an indictable offence can be sentenced up to ten years at Her Majesty\u2019s Prison or five years on a summary offence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" align=\"justify\"><span dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"en-US\">Police are further encouraging owners of businesses, who are involved in the sale or exchange of electrical and electronic equipment, furniture, tools and other valuable goods to ensure that proper accountable and procedural measures are followed at all times. 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