Shoplifters turn to aluminium foil

Stealth shopping: Tan (left) and Kapt Adnan inspecting one of the bags lined with aluminium foil that was seized recently.

PETALING JAYA: Shoplifters have become creative with special bags lined with aluminium foil to avoid detection at the cash counter.

The bag looks ordinary on the outside but its aluminium foil lining gives it “special powers” as the bag can pass through the anti-theft detector without setting it off.