Thief filmed stealing hand sanitiser in ‘shameful’ act

A woman has been caught by security cameras stealing hand sanitiser from a Gladstone Park chemist, with the bizarre crime shared on social media. See the incident.

A woman has been filmed stealing hand sanitiser through the bars of a locked Gladstone Parks Direct Chemist Outlet, with the bizarre crime caught by the store’s security camera.

Video footage, posted on the Direct Chemist Outlet’s Facebook page, shows the woman use a rod to push a bottle of hand sanitiser off a display table from behind drawn security bars across the front of the store.

She then pushes the bottle between the bars, pockets it and walks away.

“Considering what we are all going through, shame on you,” the post said.

“To the person that thinks its OK to steal the hand sanitiser that we supply for our customers, it’s not OK.”

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In close ups of the footage the woman appears to be filming herself steal the bottle.

The footage was taken on April 2, just after 8pm.

A spokesman from the chemist said theft rates had always been high, but had increased in the past few weeks.

Broadmeadows police said they had not apprehended anyone in relation to the theft.

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