Overview
- Five women stole furniture worth several thousand euros from the Ikea store in Matosinhos near Porto.
- The group scanned several items at self-checkout stations and then left the store without paying.
- Surveillance video shows a van and a German luxury car waiting outside, and store security could not stop the escape.
- Police identified one suspect as a businesswoman from the Porto area, and noted her husband was recently arrested on alleged international drug trafficking.
- Investigators say more suspects may be named from the footage, which could show whether this was a one-off theft or part of a wider criminal pattern.