Two balaclava-wearing thieves were chased away from an Asda car park after trying to steal a high-powered motorbike in Bristol.
A video filmed on Sunday showed one getaway rider on standby with a moped.
He was accompanied by a man in shorts who was attempting to smash off the lock from the rear wheel of a motorbike.
An alarm was triggered during the attempted theft, drawing attention to the pair near the Asda entrance in Bedminster.
An alarm was triggered during the attempted theft, drawing attention to the pair near the Asda entrance in Bedminster
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Store security and shoppers spotted the troublesome duo just after 3.30pm.
Passers-by started to shout and chase them away from the scene.
The rider leapt back onto his moped and hailed over his accomplice to abandon the attempt.
He jumped onto the back of the moped to flee the scene.
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A member of staff was approaching the pair as they left.
An eyewitness told the Bristol Post: “It’s not the sort of thing you expect to see on a Sunday afternoon - they were pretty brazen.
“It was broad daylight and the car park was really busy with people - loads of people were just watching.”
Vehicle crime in Bristol was higher than average for the Avon & Somerset force area in the year ending September 2023.
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Police recorded 11.1 crimes per 1,000 of the population in Bristol.
In contrast, the figure stood at 4.4 in South Gloucestershire, 4.1 in Bath & North East Somerset, four in North Somerset and 2.6 in Somerset.
A separate incident took place earlier this year near the Clifton Triangle.
Footage of the attempted theft went viral as a group of young offenders were convicted for the crime.