By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-05 19:47:01 | Updated at 2024-12-22 16:38:01
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A pair of festive bandits have landed on Brazil's naughty list with Christmas just around the corner.
Surveillance cameras captured two suspects, who were dressed in matching Santa Claus outfits, smashing into an electronics store in the city of Cláudio on Sunday and making off with merchandise.
The thieves were initially seen outside the store around 3:30am inspecting its display window before driving away.
They returned about 20 minutes later with an bar and pried open the store's door before breaking a window.
Both suspects could be seen making their way around the store's counter with two large bags.
One of the suspects appeared to remove two large objects from shelf near the store's entrance before taking them to their getaway car.
The burglar returned within seconds and reached for the shelf to grab even more items before slipping on the shattered glass and nearly falling to the floor..
The other suspect then rushed out holding the loot before they made their escape.
Brazilian authorities are searching for two suspects who broke into an electronic store dressed as Santa Claus and stole various items
One of the two suspects was caught by the store's surveillance camera getting into a vehicle after inspecting the business before returning to break in
The burglars fled with 33 cell phones, five video game and a speaker.
The Minas Gerais Civil Police had not announced any arrests as of Thursday.
The store's owner, Gustavo de Souza, told Brazilian news outlet G1 that he was the victim of an armed robbery three years ago prior to opening his store.
'I was approached, there were shots fired and I managed to escape,' de Souza recalled.
'It was a huge trauma. Now, again. After that occasion, it was three years of running after them. Now that I managed to stabilize, they took my goods away again.'
The break-in is the latest incident to test Brazil's holiday spirits.
Last month, a condo manager intervening in a fight over the hanging of Christmas decorations attacked a tenant with a hammer in the city of Paranoá
One suspect used a bar to pry open the gate to a store before smashing its window
The violent outburst occurred after an elderly resident decided to decorate the building, despite the objections of some of tenants.
After a resident ripped down the ornaments adorning his door and hallway, the elderly tenant returned to replace the decorations, leading to an argument between her and the angry neighbor.
That's when the building's manager stepped in and decided to hang the decorations himself.
In surveillance video, the manage appeared to argue with the protesting tenant before charging at him with a hammer.
