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Three men have been charged after Lego worth £4,000 was stolen over two days.
Toys worth around £650 were stolen from B&M in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, at around 5pm on Monday 29 August.
More Lego sets worth around £1,000 were then stolen from another B&M store in Mansfield, at around 8pm the same evening.
The following day, Lego sets and children’s toys worth almost £3,000 were stolen from a third B&M store, at Victoria Retail Park in Netherfield.
Following inquiries, three men were arrested in the Newark area on Wednesday.
Conlon McDonagh, 22, of Gregory Road, Southall, Ealing; Tom McDonagh, 22, of Greenwood Avenue, Enfield; and Patrick Ward, 22, of Gregory Road, Southall have since been charged with three counts of theft.
The trio were due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates Court on Friday 2 September.
Sergeant Antony Coleman, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We continue to treat shop thefts seriously and our proactive work to combat this issue is ongoing.
“This includes targeted operations in hot-spot areas, increased patrols and working closely with businesses and local authorities to reduce retail crime.”