POLICE are warning shoppers to be vigilant after a distraction theft in a Worcestershire supermarket car park.
The victim, a woman in her 60s, was putting her shopping into her car at the Co-Op in Franche Road, Kidderminster, at about 2pm last Wednesday when she was approached by two men who started asking for directions to London.
While she was being distracted, another two men opened her car door and took her purse from the passenger seat.
A member of the public saw what was happening and approached the man who had the purse. They handed it over and ran off.
The offenders, who are believed to be eastern Europeans, got into a vehicle, thought to be a dark-coloured hatchback, and drove off.
Also on Wednesday in the car park at around the same time another woman was approached by men holding a map book who asked if she could help them but she refused and locked her car door.
Witnesses or anyone with information are asked to contact PC Cat Greig on 0300 333 3000 quoting incident 360-s-121011 or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
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