Police hunt woman after trio of people swindled out of £8,000 when meeting in Fareham Aldi car park to buy cigarettes and tobacco

The force has released an image of a woman following the incident on 23 May at about 10am when a man in his 40s met with a woman in the car park of Aldi on West Street, Fareham, to buy some cigarettes and tobacco from her.

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The male, accompanied by a man in his 30s and a woman in her 50s, went with the female selling the goods to Spar in Arundel Drive, Fareham, where £8,000 in cash was handed over.

It was agreed the female seller would deliver the cigarettes and tobacco – but this has not happened resulting in police launching a fraud investigation.

A police statement said: “If you recognise the woman in this image, or have any information about this incident, please call 101 quoting reference 44230203611.”