A Canadian celebration in Warwick Township
OPP looking for shop and dash suspects
June 1, 2026
The Independent
Lambton OPP are looking for two grocery shoppers who left a Corunna grocery store without paying.
On May 23, around 6:30 pm, two people, a man and a woman, went into Foodland on Lyndoch Street and filled reusable tote bags with food and left the store without paying. Police estimate the groceries were worth more than $200.
Police say the people left the area in an older model, white Doge Ram 1500 pickup.
If you have any information, you’re asked to call the OPP.
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