STAFF at a jewellery store in Warminster were left reeling when a thief snatched a gold chain worth more than £500.
Sales staff at Gem Box Jewellers, in High Street, chased a woman into the street on Wednesday after she stole the nine carat gold chain, but the thief fled the scene in a car.
Police cars and a helicopter arrived at the scene within minutes to track the getaway car and monitored the exits out of the town.
However video cameras in the shop and CCTV security cameras in the high street caught the crime on tape.
The sales assistant working at the time of the robbery, who wishes to remain anonymous said: "It was all happening in less than a minute. Nothing like this has happened to me before."
Police are still trying to track down the thieves.The woman is described as skinny, with her hair in a pony tail and wearing a black jacket. The couple escaped in an S registration pale blue Vauxhall Astra.
Contact Warminster police on (01985) 847000.
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