Thieves brazenly flee with £10,000-worth of phones from Tesco in front of staff

Shocking video has captured the moments a trio of men stole £10,000 worth of mobile phones.

Tesco staff watched on in shock as the brazen thieves ripped the devices from their cases.

The group had entered the Hazelwick Avenue branch of the supermarket, in Crawley, West Sussex, on December 29.

They approached the phone department at 2.45pm and began to frantically take the phones on display.

Each tugged the security cables, attaching the devices to the wall, as customers and staff watched on in disbelief.

They exited the store via the escalators then were caught on camera dashing down an alley.

Sussex Police say the value of the theft is estimated to be around £10,000.

The ten stolen handsets include an iPhone 14 Pro Max, an iPhone 14 Plus, an iPhone 13, and a Motorola G62.

The three men tore ten demonstration handsets away from their displays (Picture: Sussex Police)

They then darted down an escalator to escape (Picture: Sussex Police)

The thieves were caught on camera again as they ran down a nearby alley (Picture: Sussex Police)

The three suspects are described as all being in their 20s and between 5’10” and 6’.

The first has short, dark brown hair and a trimmed dark beard. He was wearing grey jeans and black trainers.

The second was wearing a green baseball cap with a white logo back-to-front, a long black coat, light jeans, and black trainers.

The third suspect was wearing a winter hat, a blue t-shirt, dark wash jeans and black trainers. He was also wearing a knee length Nike coat.

Any information as to the identity of the three men, or anything relevant to the ongoing investigation, can be reported to Sussex Police online, or by calling 101, quoting serial 496 of 30/12.

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Each tugged the security cables, attaching the devices to the wall, as customers and staff watched on in disbelief.