Once in the shop, he breaks open the drawer in the shop counter. It appears that he did not find cash in the drawer, so instead he takes some bags out of it, and then proceeds to place in a bag the phones on the display racks.
Xeon Mobiles, on Majeedhee Magu, has been robbed last night.
CCTV footage show a man in a striped t-shirt, wearing a cap, hit the glass door of the shoo with an object in his hand. After breaking the glass, the man leaves without entering the shop.
Later, with the timestamp on the footage showing 05:40 hrs, a man returns to the shop, leaving with about six bags worth of mobile phones and other goods.
Police said that they had received reports of the incident at around 05:35 hrs.
While the man who broke the glass is seen in a striped t-shirt, the man later robbing the shop wears a black t-shirt. Although clarity of the footage is low, the shorts and flipflops worn by the man indicate that it is the same man on both instances.
Once in the shop, he breaks open the drawer in the shop counter. It appears that he did not find cash in the drawer, so instead he takes some bags out of it, and then proceeds to place in a bag the phones on the display racks.
He was active in the shop for about five minutes. As he walks out, some phones fall out of his bags, which he retrieves.
The video also shows a person noticing the glass of the shop broken, and staying staring at it. Vehicles are also seen passing on the road. However, the footage does not show anyone attempting to intervene in the robbery or to stop the thief.
Police said that no arrests have been made yet in relation to the case, but they are continuing investigations.
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