Moment two brazen shoplifters casually grabbed items off shelf in Holland & Barrett before stuffing them into holdalls and walking out as helpless shop staff watched on

Brazen thieves have raided a Holland & Barrett store in east London for weight loss supplements - as helpless staff watched on. There was a robbery at Holland & Barrett in Whitechapel yesterday pic.twitter.com/OZv2HVfsEC — London & UK Street News February 6, 2025 Brazen thieves raided a Holland & Barrett store for weight loss supplements and other vitamins - as staff appeared to log the incident on body-worn cameras The hooded thugs, one of whom hid some of his face under a beanie hat, then left the store with full backpacks unchallenged Holland & Barrett rolled out body-worn cameras to staff in 80 of its 700 stores across the UK because they were, a statement from the company said, 'proven to be effective at de-escalating and deterring shoplifting'. Holland & Barrett said last year it had rolled out new crime reporting software to staff to allow them to quickly identify and report theft to police, logging over 8,000 incidents of theft and violence against staff in a matter of months. Video footage of blank-faced shoplifters shamelessly raiding shelves in full view of staff, CCTV and customers filming on their phones has spread like wildfire on social media in recent months Retail staff are generally discouraged from engaging with shoplifters to avoid getting hurt, according to British Retail Consortium boss Helen Dickinson.