A gang of crooks broke into a motorcycle dealership and stole 12 bikes in less than three minutes.
CCTV footage shows 14 masked thieves hurling stones to smash through the shopfront windows, before bundling inside.
Once inside, the group fired up the bikes – which, astonishingly, had been left with keys in the ignitions – and made a chaotic getaway through the shattered frontage.
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One crook became stuck for around half a minute, leading a queue to form behind him.
Others were seen dropping bikes and scrambling to lift them again during the bungled escape.
The last lawbreaker rode off just two minutes and 21 seconds after the first had entered.
The brazen raid unfolded on a main road in Itajaí, southern Brazil, in the early hours of yesterday (13 Jan).
The stolen machines were Bajaj Dominar 400 motorcycles, each worth around 26,000 BRL (£3,600).
Within hours, police had arrested seven suspects and recovered 10 of the stolen bikes, some of which had been abandoned, as reported by Need To Know.
In a statement, Santa Catarina State Military Police said: “During the initial searches, one of the suspects, an 18-year-old man, was found lying on Osvaldo Reis Avenue with visible injuries.
“He received emergency treatment and was taken to hospital, where doctors confirmed fractures to his tibia and fibula and he underwent surgery.
“As the search continued and information was shared between security forces, it emerged that the suspects had moved towards the Camboriú area.
“Officers located suspects in wooded areas and carried out arrests and detentions in Camboriú and Balneário Camboriú.”
Police said both adults and teenagers were among the suspects seized.
“At the same time, officers stepped up patrols in neighbourhoods of Camboriú, where motorcycles were found abandoned on public roads and in wooded areas,” the force added.
The dealership manager told local media the keys had been left in the bikes to make them easier to move around the showroom, a policy that will now be reviewed.
Detective Ricardo Melo said: “Initially, they admitted they had no clear plan for what would happen to the motorcycles – whether they would sell them on or use them.
“Some even decided on the spot where to abandon them. There was no single location; the bikes were hidden in places they believed would be suitable.”
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