Thieves plunder Tesco of Christmas drink in stunning scenes
- The brazen thieves raided an Express retailer, believed to be Cricklewood, London
This is the stunning second brazen thieves raided a Tesco retailer of Christmas drink in entrance of consumers.
Four males sporting dark-coloured jackets had been caught on digital camera, believed to be within the Cricklewood Express retailer in London, pilfering the cabinets of booze simply days earlier than Christmas.
But they’re undeterred regardless of being filmed and proceed to load up their rucksacks, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, and Lidl provider luggage with bottles of wine and spirits.
Two males could be seen crouching on the ground stuffing their luggage, whereas the opposite two attain over them to seize drinks from the upper cabinets.
With their luggage filled with booze they’re then seen scurrying away.
The 24-second clip was posted on X, previously Twitter, with some questioning the place the safety and workers members had been.
This is the stunning second 4 males sporting dark-coloured jackets raided a Tesco retailer in London of its booze
They are undeterred regardless of being filmed and proceed to load up their rucksacks, Waitrose , Sainsbury’s , and Lidl provider luggage with bottles of wine and spirits
One, who urged he was a Tesco worker, mentioned: ‘We as workers in Tesco can’t cease or problem shoplifters so this can be occurring frequently simply saying.’
MailOnline has contacted Scotland Yard and Tesco for remark.
The retailer was focused by a gang simply final month raiding the fridges of cool bottles of wine.
One thief was wearing a high-vis coat, face masks and cap. The different two had been wearing hooded coats however didn’t cowl their faces.
A retailer alarm could be heard because the group shamelessly clears out the fridge door.
Shocked onlookers stare because the thieves make a beeline for the exit in the course of the morning rush hour.
But, whereas making their means out, one man steals washing up tablets so as to add to his haul.
One of the trio could be heard saying: ‘You’re simply getting grasping now.’
No members of workers had been seen within the clip.
The identical retailer was focused simply final month by a shoplifting gang of thieves who had been caught on digital camera stealing alcohol in entrance of surprised consumers earlier than scarpering out of a Tesco
One thief was wearing a high-vis coat, face masks and cap. The different two had been wearing hooded coats however didn’t cowl their faces
Footage on the Tesco exhibits the brazen thieves grabbing bottles of wine from the fridge and popping of their luggage
It comes as Britain’s supermarkets had been a scene of chaos elsewhere immediately as last-minute Christmas consumers flooded the aisles.
Remarkable pictures confirmed big queues for the checkouts as determined Brits scrambled to get their palms on the final shares of meals, booze and presents.
Some strains had been even snaking exterior the shops, whereas there was gridlock in automotive parks as pissed off consumers bemoaned delays.
Shelves had been stripped naked as many patrons’ frantic hunt for necessities together with cheese didn’t bear fruit.
In Wales, consumers reporting ready some 17 minutes simply to get into the retailers, whereas others mentioned they confronted queues of three-quarters-of-an-hour to be served by workers.
Elsewhere, scenes had been described as ‘bedlam’ as a scarcity of trolleys meant many needed to fill baskets with heavy items as an alternative.
One shopper mentioned on X, previously Twitter: ‘Just been in an enormous ASDA the place it was bedlam. No trolleys, solely a load of baskets. Decided to do a a lot smaller basket store and nonetheless obtained caught in a baskets solely queue of >50 folks. The trolley queues had been all the way in which to the again of the store.’
Shoppers took to X, previously Twitter, to element their experiences ready in hour-long queues as folks headed to the supermarkets to replenish on meals and booze simply days earlier than Christmas
Another added: ‘You know the journey information on the radio? Here’s the grocery store equal. Avoid Asda, Cumbernauld!! Queue for the tills goes down the booze aisle in the back of the store, proper to the underside and again alongside to the pizza counter on the reverse finish of the shop.’
A 3rd described the Asda Aintree retailer as one of many ‘most horrific’ afternoons after they had been caught up in hour-long queues.
They wrote: ‘All the cabinets ransacked like we’re going into lockdown. Now for a nicely deserved beer.’
Shoppers additionally reported lengthy waits in Tesco and Morrisons, whereas folks had been pictured queuing within the automotive park at an M&S.
People in Sainsbury’s had been procuring prefer it was ‘struggle’, one X consumer wrote, though workers had been mentioned to be handing out Quality Street sweets for these ready within the queues.
One individual wrote: Well the checkout queues on the large Sainsbury’s are doubling again up the aisles and workers are going up and down handing out high quality road and roses chocs to folks ready.’
