A 'senseless ' thief was filmed stealing two live koi carp by stuffing them into his pockets in a 'sickening ' act of cruelty . CCTV footage captured the man walking around Aquatic Supplies Wales in Swansea before hovering around the tanks where the exotic fish were kept . He plunged his hands into the water , dropping one of the £60 fish before trying repeatedly to put it in his pocket . The thief was filmed putting fish in each of his pockets before walking out of the aquatics store in Swansea . Eventually he made off with two of the creatures , with staff at the store unaware of his crime until they reviewed the footage later . 'It was really sickening to watch , ' I 've never seen anything like it , ' said Dani Grogan , who works at the shop . 'We were thinking maybe he ’ d have a bucket of water out in his car - but he did n't intend on stealing the fish to keep , he just put it in his pocket to kill it . 'It does n't make any sense whatsoever , it ’ s just a horrible thing to have seen . ' Footage shows the man walking towards the back of the store to where the expensive fish are kept . He lifted one small carp out of its tank with his bare hands then returned to try to steal a larger creature with a handheld net . After around four minutes the thief walked out of the shop with a fish in each pocket . Staff at the shop did not realise the fish had been stolen until they reviewed CCTV footage of the crime . Determined to identify the person in the tape Miss Grogan shared the footage on the Aquatic Supplies Wales Facebook page . It was viewed more than 30,000 times with customers eager to help find the thief . 'We had to do something and all our customers wanted to help , ' said Miss Grogan 's partner and the shop 's owner , Thomas Dodd . 'We love running this shop and work hard to pay the bills . It is terrible when someone abuses it like this . ' The couple have reported the incident to South Wales Police . 'Police have received a report of theft from the Aquatic Supplies store in Fforestfach , Swansea which happened at around midday on Friday 27th February , ' a spokesman for the force said . 'The theft is being investigated and anyone who has any information is asked to call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously 0800 555 111 quoting occurrence number 1500076456 . ' Dani Grogan , pictured with the shop 's owner , Thomas Dodd , said the crime was 'sickening and senseless '
The police stole two expensive fish from Aquatic Supplies supermarket in Swansea . He was photographed hiding the fish in each of his shops before leaving . archive footage of the incident has been viewed more than 30,000 times online .