The 55-year-old shopkeeper had approached a man who was standing near an open shelf of the mobile phone cards, but the man ran out of the shop upon being confronted.

The shopkeeper gave chase and saw the man escape with an accomplice waiting on a motorcycle. $352 worth of cards were reported missing.

The suspect has a tanned complexion and black hair, and looked to be in his 30s. He was last seen wearing a yellow tee-shirt and jeans.