Pawn shop in Kalispell, Montana, having issues with stolen items.

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KALISPELL- A Flathead Valley pawn shop is improving security measures to prevent stolen items from coming into the store.

First National Pawn in Kalispell has recently seen a big increase in the number of stolen items coming into their store. About five stolen items would come into the pawn shop a month a few years ago, but now employees say they see about five stolen items a week.

Customers must go through a screening process of having their photo and thumb prints taken and saved in a computer database in an effort to combat the growing problem.

“If customers don’t want to take a photo there may be something wrong. The item may be stolen; therefore we do turn down any customers that don’t want to take a photo,” store manager Mike Reiner explained.

Employees also now ask questions to the seller including how much the item cost and where it came from.

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