A thief steals a store with a strange trick that does not come to mind!

The Houston Police Department in the United States is seeking to identify a strange thief who purchased a face mask from a convenience store and then used it to rob the same store.

According to Fox 26, the police department said the theft occurred at about 4 a.m., as the thief entered a convenience store in a building on Collin Street near southeast Houston, pretended to be a customer and bought a face mask, then wandered into the store until other customers left. Surveillance cameras during that period, the employee from behind the cash register to the front of the store to restock the goods, and then returned when the thief wore the face mask that he had bought a while ago, from the same seller, and took out a pistol to force the employee to open the cash machine, and the thief escaped from The store is in an unknown direction.

Police officials released a picture of the man without a mask, asking the public to provide information to identify the suspect.

Noting that he was last seen wearing a white shirt and shorts.

The station stated that providing valuable information to the police leading to the indictment or arrest of any suspect in a felony could lead to a cash reward of up to $5,000.

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