Wellington, Aug 17 - A thief provided his name and contact details to a store clerk in New Zealand's Christchurch city 'before grabbing money from the cash register in full view of the store's eight surveillance cameras'.

The man, a long-time customer of Penny Lane Records on Colombo St in Sydenham, approached the counter with a copy of Pink Floyd's classic rock CD 'The Wall' and asked for it to be held for him, The Press reported Monday.

He wrote his name and contact details on a sticker, which was placed on the CD.

A minute later, when the store attendant went to help another customer, the man leaned over the counter and opened the till. He grabbed a handful of $10 and $20 notes, pushed past a woman who spotted him, and fled the store, the report said.

If the man had cared to look up he would have seen a monitor showing him dipping into the till from four different angles, record store manager Garry Knight said.

Knight said there were eight or so people in the store, including two eyewitnesses.

'It's comical.'