26 March 2007: More Knickers Nickers

The knickers nicking continues, but this time the thieves didn't steal them from washing lines or women's homes, they went direct to the shop.

Three brazen shoplifters made off with nearly $12,000 worth of women's underwear from a Victoria's Secret store in New Jersey USA, while the shop was open for business.

They stuffed the bras and knickers, which sell for up to $50 each, into bags they had specially designed to foil the stores anti-theft scanners.

Surveillance cameras captured two men and one woman jamming undergarments into large bags and walking past customers and staff. Police have not yet made an arrest.