The upmarket shops in Surrey being inundated with shoplifters: CCTV shows brazen thieves plaguing stores in leafy commuter belt as fed-up traders blame police for surge in crime [Video]

CCTV footage from a Surrey shop owner reveals brazen thieves comfortably stealing hundreds of pounds worth of stock before fleeing with full bags.

Lindsey Kleinlercher, joint owner of gift shop Between The Lines, said shoplifting is now ‘blatant’ across the store’s 18 locations in the south of England.

It comes as business owners in the Surrey town of Haslemere accuse police of sitting on their hands amid a recent surge in shoplifting.

One clip, from Ms Kleinlercher’s Hersham shop, shows a woman placing a beauty item into a large black handbag before being confronted by a shop assistant.

The thief then promptly leaves the shop with the stolen goods still in her bag.

Ms Kleinlercher said she reported the incident to police but ‘nothing was done’.

She told MailOnline: ‘It makes me very cross, it makes my blood boil.

‘I get very frustrated because we do our bit but we’re …