Suspected Thief Checks Into Hotel With Bag Of Water, Absconds With TV

Suspected Thief Checks Into Hotel With Bag Of Water, Absconds With TV

  • CCTV footage of the moment a suspected thief stormed a hotel room to steal has surfaced on social media
  • The video shows the thief walking into the hotel room with a bag he used in the commission of the crime
  • Netizens who saw the post were taken aback and took to the comments section to express their reactions

A suspected thief has sparked social media reactions after storming a hotel room to conduct an operation.

In a video circulating on social media, the man walked into the hotel room carrying a bag, which hotel staff thought contained his belongings, then walked out of the hotel with the bag looking heavier than before.

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CCTV footage shows the moment a thief stole a TV from a hotel. Image source: xghana
Source: Twitter

CCTV footage from the hotel showed what the bag contained before he entered and what it contained after he walked out.

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The unidentified man who walked into the hotel with the intention of stealing had loaded the 'Ghana must go' bag with a bag of water, before eventually switching the two items.

The footage shows the man walking out of the hotel with the heavy bag hanging on his shoulder. Unfortunately, the hotel staff only realised after he had absconded with the TV.

Watch the video below:

Netizens taken aback by suspected thief's bravery

Netizens who saw the post were astounded by brazen approach by the suspected thief. They took to the comment section to express their views.

@StarYorka10 wrote:

"People make wild oo."

@Everydaynewsgh wrote:

"Now thievery has reached this point?"

@StarYorka10 wrote:

"Eiii."

@koftownboy wrote:

"Hotels like 32 inches too much, how can someone steal 95inch tv?"

@kwekuBlaQue wrote:

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"If it was someone that died.. they would have said their camera weren’t working."

@1realrhapsody wrote:

"So meaning the hotel stole those Flatscreen Television and he also stole those televisions from them too. Why?"

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YEN.com.gh earlier reported that CCTV footage of a scrap dealer storming a house to steal surfaced on social media.

In the video, which went viral, the man was spotted stealthily entering the targeted house and stealing some items.

Netizens who saw the video on social were taken aback and took to the comments section to express their views.

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Jessie Ola-Morris (Human-Interest Editor) Jessie Ola-Morris is a Human Interest editor at YEN.com.gh. She has over three years of experience in journalism. She graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2022 with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Her journalism career started with myjoyonline.com, a subsidiary of The Multimedia Group Limited, where she worked as a writer. Also, Jessie previously served as a reporter with The Independent Ghana as a multimedia journalist. Email: jessie.ola-morris@yen.com.gh