Police are looking for a man who allegedly stole a dog while its owner shopped inside a grocery store in Toronto’s east end on Wednesday.

The 58-year-old owner told police he had walked his German Shepherd to the store, near Woodbine and Danforth avenues, and tied the dog’s leash to a pole.

When he came out, the dog was gone.

The suspect, who was caught on camera, is a white man, with long, grey hair in a ponytail. He was wearing a green T-shirt with a large logo in the centre, a dark, zip-up hoodie, blue jeans and a black backpack.

The dog is a three-year-old male, pure-bred German Sheppard. It has a black muzzle, blue collar with no tags and a brown leather leash. It answers to the name Charlie.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-5400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).