The Los Angeles (US) police asked for the cooperation of citizens on Sunday apprehend a gang of between 30 and 50 robbers who broke into a luxury store armed with pepper spray and within minutes, items worth up to $100,000 were taken.

The target was the Nordstrom department store in the Westfield Topanga mall in Woodland Hills.

In a video of the incident circulating on social networks, you can see the thieves with their faces covered in hoods and masks smashing shelves and shop windows and fleeing the store laden with luxury items.

The robbers neutralized the store’s guards with pepper spray to deter bears and fled with luxury bags and fancy clothing, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman told NBC News.

Police are looking for the thieves, caught on security cameras and the phones of people who witnessed this type of robbery that is on the rise in Los Angeles.

“I didn’t really understand what was going on at first and then I realized what was really going on when all the security, everyone went to the same area,” a witness told ABC 7 television in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Police Department, who said they received numerous calls Saturday afternoon warning that “numerous people were stealing” at that mall and immediately dispatched their officers to the scene, estimated the value of the stolen goods at between $60,000 and $60,000. $100,000. .

Police say the robbers fled in multiple vehicles, including a BMW, a Lexus and a Honda.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the robbery “absolutely unacceptable” and said “those who committed these acts and similar acts in adjacent areas must be held accountable.”

“The Los Angeles Police Department will continue to work not only to find those responsible for this incident, but also to prevent these attacks on retailers in the future,” he added.

On Tuesday, a robbery with the same ” modus operandi ” occurred at a French brand Yves Saint Laurent store in the Americana at the Brand mall in Glendale, and losses were estimated at $300,000, according to NBC News.