A smooth shoplifter was seen on the flight for a supermarket in London with a basket full of cooking oil in one hand and a bottle of red wine in the other.
The incident, which took place in the Southall Tesco Express in West Londs, was filmed by bewildered spectators who could not believe the brutality of the thief.
In the shocking images, the shoplifter can go through the aisles of the store with his greasy booty in tow.
The shoplifter witnessed the drop of a stack of Tesco's own brand £ 1.99 vegetable oil in a basket together with various other cooking oils.
Two Tesco employees also watched helplessly while the incident unfolded.
Marching is far from the store, the thief took a last souvenir in the form of a bottle of red wine and made no attempt to pay while strolling the main road.
Calm down to go on King Street, the shoplifter, then doubles and runs its way along the main road in the opposite direction.
Dressed in green combat pants, a gray sweater and cap, the man then shot through a side street to make his escape.
A brutal shoplifter can be seen walking through Tesco with a basket full of frying oil and a bottle of red wine
The thief can be seen who left the Tesco in West London without even trying to pay
Dressed in green combat pants, a gray sweater and cap, the man shot a side street to make his escape
Shocked the locals closed the brutal stems and expressed their conviction that more had to be done to stop them.
A bewildered shopper filmed the theft on their mobile phone in a video of 36 seconds.
Marie Hurst wrote on Facebook: 'It's a joke. It must stop that the money would save to hire three huge bouncers. '
Paul Douglas added: “must lock the doors in common sense.”
Derek Renshaw Fumed: 'England is ready. True story. '
Matt Plumley joked: “If you steal things, you get a bonus basket for life, win.”
The with Police and Tesco were approached for comment.
The incident only comes a matter of weeks after the mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan was ridiculed because he claimed that shoplifting has risen in the capital 'because we have many stores'.
The shoplifter was recorded by other bewildered customers
The thief shot through Kings Street in Southhall, West -Londen, before he made his escape through a quiet side street
The incident only comes a matter of weeks after the mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan was ridiculed because he claimed that shoplifting has risen in the capital 'because we have many stores'
Sir Sadiq, who was knighted in the new year list of the King, said after official figures revealed that 80,041 shoplifting were registered in the year until September, an increase of 53,202 the year before.
The 50 percent increase is more than double the 22 percent rises in England and Wales as a whole, and comes at a time when the number of stores is falling.
Fought why London is wearing the victims, he said: 'Because we have many stores here, and because the crisis of the costs of living is more acute in the capital.
“Personal theft and personal robbery is also a great concern for me in London.”
More than 13,000 stores were last closed in the UK last year with competition from online retailers and increased rental prices in part to blame.
But the wave of shoplifting has brought many to the wall and the Center for Retail Research predicts that the trend will accelerate this year.
Pandora, Swarovski, Bershka, Urban Outfitters and River Island have all announced plans to close their flagship shops in Oxford Street in London in the midst of warnings that official crime figures drastically underestimate the scale of the problem.
An average of 55,000 theft per day now takes place in the British stores according to a study by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), with a quarter in the last 12 months.
Violent thefts involving a weapon takes place 70 times a day with retailers who blame an increase in organized gangs that steal in order.
