Indian police have arrested a bungling robber after he used a see-through plastic bag to mask his face.

The three CCTV cameras at Anisika mobile store in Kanyakumari, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, caught the man breaking into the shop wearing a transparent plastic bag on the night of March 14.

The thin sheet of plastic made no attempt to mask the thief’s face.

He also left more clues to help the police track him down easily. He helpfully lifted his mask a few times before the CCTV cameras to see better.

He pressed his hands fully on the display table of the shop leaving ample fingerprints on the glass surface. The bearded thief also made it a point to reveal a prominent tattoo above his left thumb.

The shop owner, Sachin, who discovered the theft the next morning was upset that phones and accessories worth nearly 1,500 pounds had gone missing.

But after running the CCTV footage of the night he called the police with a smile on his lips.

The police have arrested a local youth on the basis of the clues.

Describing the thief as an ‘amateur’ they said they will reveal his name and more details of his crime after they complete the investigation.

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