CCTV footage shows the moment a brazen thief snatches a mobile phone from a shop counter.

It shows a man browsing TJ's E-Cigarettes in Canterbury before stealing two bottles of vape liquid - worth only £4 each - and quickly pinching an employee's mobile.

After swiping the items, the man - who has a tattoo on his neck - left the Palace Street store at 12.10pm today.

Harry Dent, the employee whose phone was stolen, said: "I was by the display cabinet at the other end of the shop when he came in.

"I was cleaning it and making sure I put all the expensive parts safely away.

"Before I turned to go up to the till and serve him, he went.

VIDEO: Man steals phone from shop

"I darted outside but he was nowhere to be seen - he'd gone.

"He's not really got the best disguise so hopefully he can be caught."

Anyone who recognises the man or witnessed the theft should call the police on 01843 222289 quoting reference number 17-0480.