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Video: Man stuffs shrimp down pants in grocery thefts

Suspect is said to have gone to the frozen food section and concealed shrimp in his pants



A screengrab of the suspect taken from the store's CCTV
Image Credit: Facebook

Riverside, California: A thief stuffed a total of 30 bags of frozen shrimp down his pants in back-to-back burglaries of a Southern California grocery store, police said Wednesday.

The man took the shrimp from a Vons market in the city of Riverside by entering the store three times in a span of 15 minutes on Dec. 14.

Each time he went to the frozen food section and concealed the shrimp in his pants, Riverside police said in a statement.

The stolen food had a retail value of more than $500.

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Security video of the suspect in the market was posted on the Police Department's Facebook page.

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