Thieves spent £1,000 on bank card stolen from handbag inside car in Tesco car park

Police need help to identify two men in relation to a handbag theft in Sutton Coldfield

Thieves stole a shopper’s handbag from a parked car and used the victim's bankcard to spend more than £1,000.

The theft happened in the Tesco supermarket car park in Princess Alice Drive in Sutton Coldfield.

Now West Midlands Police is appealing for information about two males captured on cameras in the area. Officers want to want to speak to them about the incident.

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The males captured on film in the car park

One of the males had dark receding hair. He was wearing a light-coloured striped t-shirt, cream trousers and sunglasses. The other was wearing a grey designer baseball cap with the letters ‘LA’ on the front, a dark sweater with a hood, grey trousers, white trainers with grey trim and sunglasses,

Witnesses or anyone who recognises these men or has information about what happened should phone West Midlands Police on 101 or use Live Chat on the force’s website quoting crime reference number 20/259434/26.

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