Inside Saskatoon’s shoplifting crackdown

Imagine being at Shoppers Drug Mart to mail some parcels when a masked man enters the store with a weapon, yelling at the clerk to open the till. A Saskatoon woman shares her eye-witness account just as Saskatoon police launch their quarterly “retail blitz” to target increasingly violent shoplifters, who often use knives, bear spray and bats to steal items.