Hamilton police are still trying to figure out how two men got their hands on 45 kilograms of stolen cosmetics before trying to sell them from a grocery cart behind a Hamilton strip club.

Officers were patrolling the area near the Hamilton Strip on Barton Street East on Monday evening when they saw two men in the rear parking lot who were pushing a wire cart with reusable grocery bags inside speaking to a group of women.

When the men noticed the officers, they quickly covered the bags, which “raised the officer’s suspicions,” police say. One of the men showed the officers a crack pipe he was holding and was arrested, according to a police news release.

Officers searched the bags, and found over 45 kilograms of loose cosmetics worth thousands of dollars. The two men had been attempting to sell them to the women, police say. Neither had a “reasonable explanation” where the makeup came from or how they had gotten their hands on it.

A 35-year-old Hamilton man was arrested and released on a promise to appear with charges of possession over $5,000, theft over $5,000, possession of a controlled substance, and failing to comply with a probation order. A 50-year-old Hamilton man was arrested and released on a promise to appear with a charge of possession over $5,000.

Police are still investigating where the cosmetics came from.