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After she was allegedly found stealing a designer handbag, a former New Zealand Green Party MP was charged with two counts of shoplifting. On Wednesday, Golriz Ghahraman was arrested by New Zealand police, just hours after she declared her resignation from Parliament. Ms Ghahraman, the minor party's justice portfolio, was caught on December 23 reportedly stealing a luxury handbag from Scotties Boutique, where she was reportedly robbed twice. Police visited her Grey Lynn home in Auckland on Wednesday and left carrying a large paper bag, according to one of Ms Ghahraman's neighbors.

After being caught on camera in a luxury handbag, a New Zealand Green Party MP was forced to resign her parliamentary seat. On December 23, Golriz Ghahraman, who previously served in the minor party's justice portfolio, was caught glancing around before slipping the Issey Miyake handbag into her carry bag at Scotties Boutique in Ponsonby's fashion shopping district (left and right). Ms Ghahraman said her behaviour was "out of character" and was triggered by job pressures that caused 'previously unrecognised stress,' which caused 'previously unrecognizable trauma.'