Cold and flu remedies on sale for just £2.15 have been slapped with security tags as sickness and shoplifting sweeps Britain.
Thieves are nicking boxes of cheap Nurofen and Lemsip from a Tesco store.
Thefts are giving staff such a headache, they have been forced to stick yellow security tags on packets.
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The cheapest are 200mg boxes of Nurofen for £2.15.
The same size boxes of Nurofen Express – costing £4.50 – also have them.
They read “Security Protected” on them
Lemsip capsules – also £4.50 – have the yellow labels too.
As do Nuromol – £6.10 – Panadol – £6.30 – and £7 Gaviscon.
Other medicines like CanesOasis Cystitis Relief – also £6.30 – have them as well.
They were spotted at Tesco Express, on the A5099 Central Drive in Blackpool, Lancs.
Customer, Dylan Johnson, 48, popped into the store for a tin of cat food.
He told Need To Know: “The place is like Fort Knox.
There are cameras on each aisle, and a security guard keeps his beady eye on you. It’s only a small store, but it feels like the most shoplifted shop in Britain.
“I was shocked when I saw security stickers on the cheese worth just £2.65, but tagging Nurofen is beyond a joke.
“The country has gone mad.”
Earlier this month, another Tesco locked up £1.75 Cadbury chocolate bars to stop sweet-toothed crooks taking them, in Ilford, also in east London.
Sainsbury’s Local in Barnet had £3 Lindt chocolate and £3.85 boxes of Persil pods protected in September.
In June, £2 packs of ham were spotted slapped with security tags at the same Tesco in Blackpool.
Tesco has been approached for comment.
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