Lululemon Leggings Heist: Organized Crime is Wildin' in Canada 🇨🇦

The Deets

Aight, listen up, fam. This is wild. Some peeps in Newfoundland just pulled off a Lululemon heist, straight up swiping $10,000 worth of leggings. But here's where it gets extra – the cops tracked 'em down to a house in Mount Pearl, and it was like a scene from a movie.

Inside, they found 90 pairs of activewear pants (score!), but also three pellet guns, a paintball gun that hits harder than your mom's lectures, two crossbows (like, what?!), and ammo. Talk about overkill! A 30-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man are catching a charge for theft over $5,000. Big yikes.

But wait, there's more. The real tea is that this is part of a whole wave of organized retail crime sweeping Canada. Apparently, these criminals are using online marketplaces to flip stolen merch. Retailers are seeing more violence and aggression, plus "booster groups" from all over the globe are gettin' in on it, along with local crews. It's a whole ecosystem of theft, and it's gettin' outta hand.

And, like, the cops are warning everyone to be sus of deals that are too good to be true online. If it ain't from the official Lululemon site or a legit shop, maybe think twice before you buy. You might be funding some serious shenanigans, fam!

The police is all like, " Organized retail theft is occurring on the Northeast Avalon, with stolen goods being sold on social media marketplaces."

The Prime Minister is even in his bag about it. He said "harsher penalties are coming for organized retail theft."

The Retail Council of Canada found shoplifters in Canada stole $9.1 billion worth of goods in 2024, nearly doubling from $5 billion in 2018. This is a serious problem for Retailers.

Stay safe out there, and don't be a pawn in someone else's scheme. Keep it 100!