Two teenage girls have been arrested after they were recorded on camera pulling items from shelves at a supermarket in northwest Brisbane.
Incident at Keperra Woolworths
Queensland Police were called to a disturbance at the Keperra Woolworths in the Great Western Super Centre on Friday at approximately 3pm. The shop was evacuated, and the two girls were taken into custody, a police spokesperson confirmed. No charges have been laid at this time.
Footage Captured by Shoppers
Footage recorded by shoppers and shared on social media showed the girls nonchalantly shrugging as they disrupted the store while customers looked on. One of the teenagers was seen holding a phone to her ear while spraying a red drink across the checkout counters. A bystander was heard quipping sarcastically: 'Good on youse guys, well done.'
In one clip, a shopper filmed the pair pulling boxes off shelves. Another showed two police officers striding through the supermarket towards the girls.
Store Evacuated and Left Messy
A Woolworths Group spokesperson told the Daily Mail: 'We’re aware of the incident but won’t be commenting further as it’s a police investigation.'
Felicity Osborne, who works at Keirden Dry Cleaners beside the Woolworths, described the disturbance to The Courier Mail. 'The whole centre had to evacuate … (for) probably half an hour,' she said. 'There were a couple of people knocking everything off (the shelves).' She added that Woolworths had been left 'very messy' and would likely need to remain closed for the rest of the day.
