A thief stole £3,000 worth of tools in less than two minutes after casually walking into a premises.
The brazen burglary was caught on camera with the footage later shared online by the victim.
The tradesman said he had been left with “literally nothing” after the haul was taken.
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He claimed the suspect had also stolen items from another property.
The victim shared footage and images online in a bid to identify the man.
He said: “I was in bed and had a horrible feeling something was wrong.
“Didn’t feel right.
“So got dressed and put my shoes on and went for a look.
“I went out to the garage and all of my tools have been stolen apart from my trowels.
“Dewalt paddle mixer gone, Dewalt charger, combi drill, impact, props, Dewalt 9amp batteries, hand tools, everything.
“All gone.
“Literally ransacked the place and left me with one tiny tub, a busted old hawk and my trowels
“Literally thousands of pounds worth of stuff, gone.”
He later added: “This is the wrong’un that’s nicked my tools.
“Turns out he’s also stolen contents from a mate’s house.”
The alleged theft was from a business premises in Minster, Kent.
The victim said over over £2,500 worth of items were taken in the raid.
And over £2,000 worth of items taken from his friend.
The post quickly gained traction, racking up more than 50,000 views in less than 18 hours, as reported by Need To Know.
The tradesman said he had spent 21 years building up his tools.
He said: “I’ve literally lost everything.
“I have a set of trowels and a hawk to my name after 21 years.”
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