Police appeal after crate of beer taken from Nisa in Moor Lane

Preston City Centre

The city centre includes the administrative and main shopping areas of the city. The city’s law courts are found here, police station, town hall and of course Preston Bus Station. The electoral ward is known as Town Centre despite the change to city status.

Police have released CCTV footage of a man suspected of taking a crate of beer from a Preston shop. Nisa in Moor Lane was targeted when the man entered, selected […]

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