As a convenience store clerk approaches a customer, the man is seen ripping a scratch lottery ticket display case from the counter and walking out in a security video released by Peel police this week.

Investigators are hoping the video and still photographs from it will help police identify the thief.

The videotape, from the store at Chinguacousy Road and Sandalwood Parkway, shows the man wearing a dark green baseball cap, a dark jean jacket with a hoodie underneath and dark pants. He was in the store on Tuesday, April 9 around 11:30 p.m. Items are seen to go flying in the air in the video as he rips the plastic display case off the counter and casually walks away.

Police are hoping the video and photos will help identify him. Police describe him as approximately six feet tall with a medium build, a tan complexion and an accent.