A shocking video has emerged of four thieves brazenly stocking bags full of alcohol at a northwest London Tesco store just days before Christmas.
The men appear unfazed that their crime is being captured on camera. Instead they methodically raid the wine isle at a Tesco Express in Cricklewood on Thursday, to the point that their plastic bags are bursting at the seams.
Someone in the background can be heard saying "F***ing pricks!" but otherwise the theft appeared to be carried out calmly without any intervention.
The clip has been shared widely online, with many people wondering if security staff were present.
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One X, formerly Twitter, user wrote: "Behaviour like this goes unpunished far too often in London. The staff at this Tesco shouldn’t have to put up with behaviour like this."
Another asked: "Where is security? Where is police?"
Metropolitan Police said it is investigating the incident.
The force said in a statement: "We are aware of video footage which appears to show a man stealing items from a Tesco store in Cricklewood on Thursday December 21.
"An incident, which we believe is related, was reported to police on December 21 after the suspect had left the premises.
"Anyone who knows the identity of the person shown in the video is asked to call 101 or Tweet @MetCC with ref 2432436/23."
It comes just weeks after Met detectives released shocking footage of two thieves who pulled a man and his wife to the floor before ripping the man's black and gold £28,000 Rolex Yacht Master off his wrist on Camden’s Frognal Way.
In November police released footage of the terrifying moment staff at a Tesco store in Camden were held at gunpoint by a man wearing a black mask.
