NORTH PORT, Fla. - A call about shoplifting at a Dick's Sporting Goods store in North Port ended in a big bust. Four were put behind bars after a car full of stolen merchandise was found.

The North Port Police Department said the women had a plan and the tools to carry out the crime .

What we know:

The call came in Sunday night to North Port police for shoplifting at the Cocoplum Village Shops off of U.S. 41.

"Officers quickly realized it was maybe a little bigger deal, that there were multiple people involved," said Josh Taylor, the chief of staff with NPPD.

Officers found four women scattered throughout the plaza, along with a gray Chevy Malibu loaded with stolen merchandise from the plaza and other stores out of the area.

"It was clear they had made their way through our are

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