N.S. news: Person returns stolen Prada bag to store [Video]

Every day, both small and big businesses are falling victim to theft.

In most cases stolen merchandise is gone forever, but the owner of one Halifax vintage store says she’s grateful a recent theft attempt was anything but normal.

Laura McNutt, owner and operator of Kings Pier Vintage, says a person whose identity she did not want to disclose stole a Prada handbag from the store on Nov. 27.

McNutt says the purse was being sold for $365.

“Which, in the Prada luxury bag world is modest, but in my world that’s a lot of money,” says McNutt. “It clearly was a valuable piece.”

McNutt says she was able to quickly identify the person she alleges stole the bag after going through the store’s security camera footage.

“I dug a little deeper and actually watched as this person took the purse and tucked it inside another bag and left the store,” she says. “Best-case scenario was that she would not repeat at my business. That was what …