A Romanian man was caught shoplifting twice after being in the UK for just three days . Andrei Alexandru Burnei was caught stealing just hours after he arrived in the country on March 9 and was arrested in Coventry . The 21-year-old was held overnight and released - but two days later he was caught trying to steal £1,127 worth of vodka from Asda in Blackburn , hiding dozens of bottles beneath cheaper items in his trolley . Andrei Alexandru Brunei was caught stealing £1,000 worth of vodka from Asda in Coventry - just three days after he arrived in the UK from Romania in a bid to look for work which had proved unsuccessful . Blackburn Magistrates ' Court heard that Burnei , of Coventry , had come to the UK in hope of finding work but this had not materialised . On March 12 he was stopped as he left Asda in Blackburn because a security guard had become suspicious of him when he failed to make any eye contact . Burnei ran off but was eventually cornered and detained . His trolley was searched and found to be loaded with premium vodka , concealed beneath cheaper items from the store . Karen Saffman prosecuting , said : 'The value of his trolley load was extremely high . ' At the hearing Burnei pleaded guilty to stealing the alcohol from Asda and was ordered to do 60 hours ' unpaid work and pay a £60 victim surcharge . The incident comes after Ionut Tudorache , 25 , was jailed for nine months earlier this month . The Romanian pickpocket was caught working as part of an organised gang , stealing mobile phones from people at a Kasabian gig at Bournemouth 's International Centre . Tudorache , who had been in the UK just a few days , was caught stashing 22 stolen mobile phones down a pair of tights he was wearing beneath his trousers . He claimed two Romanian men he had met had started stuffing the phones down his tights and he had no idea they were stolen . At a hearing at Blackburn Magistrates ' Court Brunei was sentenced to 60 hours unpaid work for the theft . He was jailed for nine months . Like Tudorache , Brunei is unlikely to be deported due to strict laws on removing EU citizens . Peter Bone , 62 , Conservative MP for Wellingborough said : 'This is outrageous . 'Only a few weeks ago I introduced a bill to Parliament that would have dealt with this very situation . I have been calling for foreign criminals to be sent back to their respective countries immediately - with no opportunity for them to return and commit further offences . 'It 's my view that if someone comes into Britain and breaks the law , they have abused our hospitality and should be sent home and not be allowed to come in again . ' Without a court recommendation or tougher prison sentence , he can now only be removed at the behest of the Home Secretary . Scotland Yard recently claimed it had identified a trend in which eastern Europeans were being trafficked into the UK and forced to carry out upmarket shoplifting before returning home on budget airline flights . The gangs accept a 20 per cent arrest rate as the cost of a 'weekend trafficking ' operation that can secure items worth up to £100,000 that are taken out of the country for resale .
Andrei Alexandru Burnei was arrested for shoplifting after arriving in UK . March 9 he was held again after he tried to steal £1,000 of vodka . Burnei had attempted to conceal dozens of bottles under cheaper items . He was stopped as he left Asda in Blackburn but was caught and arrested . Burnei admitted theft charge and was sentenced to 60 hours unpaid work . Strict immigration rules mean the 21-year-old is unlikely to be deported .