Two creeping prowlers were caught on camera inspecting a motorbike before stealing it.
The footage from around 1am on Monday morning shows two men, dressed in black with their hoods up, enter a Scots garden.
The prowling pair remove the cover from a orange and white KTM Duke 390, registration number FN18 TZH, before slowly inspecting the vehicle.
Both appear suddenly spooked and run behind a shed in the garden of the property in Suttieslea Park, Dalkeith, to avoid being seen.
When the cover is fully removed the pair again appear to hide from sight behind the shed. By this point the motorbike has been fully uncovered and remains in the garden.
Even with the motorbike securely chained with a padlock on the rear and a Oxford screamer disc lock on the front, the thieves still managed to move it. It is not yet known how they managed to break the lock as this was not caught on camera.
The footage has now been widely shared on social media, alongside a desperate plea from the owner who urged people to keep an eye out for his bike.
The man was waiting on officers from Police Scotland arriving after reporting his vehicle had been stolen in the early hours of the morning.
He captioned the first video: "Thieving wee b******* at 1am this morning stealing my bike. Waiting on the police arriving."
Posting a separate video, he later added: "Bike is a KTM Duke 390 Orange and white, reg no is FN18 TZH Stolen from Newtongrange."
People are being urged to report any sightings of the orange and black bike, or information they may have to police.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of the theft of a motor bike from a premises on Suttieslea Park, Newtongrange, Dalkeith, between 1am and 1:30am on Monday, September 12, 2022.
“Enquiries are at an early stage and anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting incident 0348 of September 12, 2022.”
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