A brazen service station robbery has unfolded in front of a stunned witness who recorded the whole thing.
Three children in balaclavas targeted the 7-Eleven in Thornlie, Perth, on Friday afternoon before fleeing on a moped they had parked in the doorway.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teens escape scene of service station robbery on moped
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Even knowing they were on camera did not deter them, with one pulling the finger at a person filming them.
Several items were stolen and Armadale detectives are trying to catch them.
“Very disturbing,” WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said.
“Clearly young people on scooters with balaclavas breaking into a shop is highly illegal.”
Locals say these types of brazen acts have left them feeling unsafe, and they have called for stricter measures to stamp out juvenile crime.
The vision was posted on Facebook, attracting almost 800 comments.
Residents in other suburbs used the post to share concerns about problems in their own neighbourhoods.
A brazen service station robbery has unfolded in front of a stunned witness who recorded the whole thing. Credit: 7NEWS
In Rivervale, also in Perth, three people were pictured on one moped just days earlier.
Over in Riverton, a scooter was stolen and its owner believes it is the same one used in the Thornlie 7-Eleven robbery.
“I would be around 90 to 95 per cent sure that that was probably the scooter,” he said.
He told 7NEWS police now have it and are dusting for prints.
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