Thief thanks staff as he walks out of store with nearly $900 worth of stolen booze: Guelph Police

The Guelph Police Service said they are seeking “a polite thief” who thanked staff as he walked out of a store with nearly $900 in stolen alcohol Sunday.

According to police, the suspect entered the west-end LCBO store on Paisley Road at 5:41 p.m.

He then walked around the store for more than 10 minutes asking staff questions about various products before he placed 11 bottles of whisky into two shopping bags inside his cart.

“He returned the cart, picked up the two shopping bags, said ‘thank you’ and walked out the door,” police said in a media release.

According to police, the suspect was described as “possibly Indian”, between 40 and 50-years-old, approximately 5’11” with a large build, brown eyes, short black hair and a goatee. He was wearing a red golf shirt, black cargo pants and black shoes. He was carrying two blue shopping bags with multi-coloured designs on them.

Anyone with information is asked to call Constable Scott Srigley at 519-824-1212, ext. 7298, email [e-mail].