NATICK – Police are searching for a man and two women they say recently stole $6,000 worth of underwear from a Natick Mall store.

Police did not identify the store, but released a video of two of the suspects.

According to the Natick Police Department’s official Facebook page, the man in the video is known to the loss-prevention department of a national chain. He typically is known to work in New York and Connecticut.

“A review of his criminal history would place him in the category of prolific, to say the least,” police wrote.

In the Natick incident, the unidentified man entered the stores with one of the women. The video shows the man filling the woman’s bag with a large quantity of underwear and then leaving. According to police, after one woman left, the second woman came in and he filled her bag with underwear and they left.

Police on Facebook said the theft was an example of an organized retail theft ring. They said organized retail theft rings will use various teams of thieves and use surveillance and communication devices. According to police, the FBI estimates businesses lose $30 billion a year due to organized retail crimes.

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