{"id":31091,"date":"2026-05-07T20:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/31091\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:24:19","slug":"tesco-shoplifters-stole-filippo-berio-olive-oil-lavazza-coffee-beans-and-lurpak-from-stores-in-4-6k-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/31091\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesco shoplifters stole Filippo Berio olive oil, Lavazza coffee beans and Lurpak from stores in \u00a34.6k raid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two thieves have been banned from Tesco stores after a three-month shoplifting spree where they stole Filippo Berio olive oil and Lurpak butter.<\/p>\n<p>Mariana and Robert-Florin Ghencea came to the attention of police on March 21 when they targeted the supermarket in Courteney Road, Gillingham.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1109 559\" alt=\"The pair came to the attention of Kent Police after targeting the Gillingham store. Picture: Google Maps\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"DHDUPMDSW8VKFQGHY4M2.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.98\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DHDUPMDSW8VKFQGHY4M2.jpg\" alt=\"The pair came to the attention of Kent Police after targeting the Gillingham store. Picture: Google Maps\"\/>The pair came to the attention of Kent Police after targeting the Gillingham store. Picture: Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>Officers linked the pair to another six incidents across the county at Tesco stores in Sevenoaks, Whitstable and Folkestone.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators contacted the supermarket\u2019s head office and, working with their security team, discovered another 26 thefts from shops across south England between February 19 and April 3.<\/p>\n<p>Targeting high-value items such as Filippo Berio olive oil, bags of Lavazza coffee beans and tubs of Lurpak butter, the pair stole between \u00a359 and \u00a3535 worth of goods each time.<\/p>\n<p>The total of the stolen items is estimated to be around \u00a34,630.<\/p>\n<p>Offices tracked the pair\u2019s vehicle to Dagenham, in east London, and, on Friday (May 1), attended two properties believed to be linked to them.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Robert-Florin running to hide in a garden shed, he and Mariana were arrested at their home in Arnold Road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 678 347\" alt=\"They admitted all offences at Medway Magistrates' Court\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"2LT0F8IMAORNPAJK1K02.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.95\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2LT0F8IMAORNPAJK1K02.jpg\" alt=\"They admitted all offences at Medway Magistrates' Court\"\/>They admitted all offences at Medway Magistrates&#8217; Court<\/p>\n<p>Mariana, 40, and Robert-Florin, 28, were charged with 26 counts of shoplifting.<\/p>\n<p>At a hearing at Medway Magistrates\u2019 Court on Monday (May 4), the pair admitted to all offences and were given conditional bail terms, including a ban from all Tesco locations.<\/p>\n<p>They will be sentenced at the same court on Thursday, July 16.<\/p>\n<p>Investigating officer Police Sergeant Sophie Lawrie said: \u201cThe Ghenceas have caused havoc to businesses across south England and we are satisfied they admitted to having done so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have caused a nuisance for numerous security guards who have had to confront them during their offending, as well as taking thousands of pounds worth of items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur officers acted quickly and drove to Dagenham to arrest them, which should act as a warning to others not to come into our county and offend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will come and find you wherever you are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two thieves have been banned from Tesco stores after a three-month shoplifting spree where they stole Filippo Berio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[141,61,309,355,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-31091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-courts","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-kent","11":"tag-medway","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116535169234268421","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}