Shocking footage has captured the moment a group of young thieves calmly ravaged a bottleshop and stole three shopping bags full of alcohol.
The offenders were caught on camera casually filling up three bags with as many bottles of spirits as they could carry at a BWS in Newcastle.
Footage of the thieves, in hooded jumpers and masks, showed them entering the store about 8.20pm on February 28.
All three were casual in their approach, carefully placing each bottle into the bags to make sure none of them smashed.
Despite the obvious fact they were being filmed by other customers, the teenagers continued to help themselves before calmly walking out of the store.
An employee behind the register was seen watching on.
The footage was shared to social media this week, sparking anger about the lack of consequences for criminals these days.
‘It’s all fun and games until they are emboldened enough to go back and rob the cashier at knifepoint half an hour later which is what is happening in Brisbane at the moment,’ one person commented.
Three teens, wearing hoodies and masks, were captured piling bottles of spirits into reusable shopping bags at a BWS in Newcastle, 170km north-east of Sydney (pictured)
The teenagers were seen delicately placing each new bottle into the shopping bags to make sure none of them smashed before they calmly left the store
‘Yeah this is heaps funny, losers that steal s*** rather than getting a job and contributing to society. Camera man and mate are spineless as well,’ a second wrote.
Some slammed the bystanders who did little to stop the thieves.
‘The era of “Let’s just stand there and record it and do nothing about it”. The flogs recording it are as bad as the flogs doing it,’ one said.
‘Seen this happen in Wollongong. Staff didn’t do a thing,’ a second said.
‘Just don’t f*** with the attendants they just doing a job,’ a third wrote.
Others were less concerned about the theft.
‘At these prices, the deals are running out the door,’ one joked.
‘Maybe they just forgot to pay,’ another sarcastic viewer wrote.
The incident was reported to Lake Macquarie Police District and an investigation is now underway.
All three thieves remain at large and anyone with information on their whereabouts has been urged to call Crime Stoppers.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted BWS for comment.
