Two arrested after brazen Safeway medicine theft

(KRON) –  Authorities found a U-Haul van loaded with shoplifted merchandise and drugs, according to the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department. 

LGMSPD officer responded to a Safeway on North Santa Cruz Avenue for the report of two grand thefts. 

Officers were informed that on May 21, two men and a woman stole medicine and first aid equipment. Three days later, the same trio stole the same items. Police were told that the male suspects stuffed the stolen merchandise in luggage, and the woman put the items in her purse. The suspects then fled in a U-Haul van.

The suspects reportedly stole more than $2,000 worth of shoplifted items. 

Around 8:50 on Thursday, the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno PD was informed by a Flock notification that the U-Haul van was near downtown.

Responding officers located two of of three suspects in the U-Haul. 

The male suspect was identified as a 30-year-old San Jose resident who was under the influence of narcotics, police said. He also provided offices with a false name initially and had warrants.  

The female suspect was also a San Jose resident. Police said he was carrying drugs and drug paraphernalia. 

In searching the U-Haul, officers found the shoplifted items from Safeway, a journal containing numerous gift card numbers, a forged check, a stolen wallet and purse, a wig worn by the female suspect in the prior theft and more, according to police.