The footage above shows the moment a thief sneakily stole a handbag while its owner was busy talking to a sales assistant. The case took place at a beauty salon in Mriehel.

The video shows the woman thief walk into the salon and take a seat behind the customer. At one point, she grabs the customer’s handbag, which was hanging on the back of a chair, and places it inside a larger bag she carried into the store. 

The theft was carefully timed, with the handbag snatched while the thief was shielded by the chair the customer was sitting on and while another customer inside the premises was looking the other way. 

The police said in a statement late in the day that the woman was found and is being held in custody.