POLICE are hunting two people after a mobile phone was stolen from the basket of a customer at a self-service checkout.

A CCTV image has been released by Sussex Police in a bid to find two suspects.

The smartphone was taken while its owner was paying for their shopping in Tesco, at Holmbush Centre in Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham.

The phone, a rose gold Samsung Galaxy S7, was last seen in the victim’s basket at 12.40pm on Tuesday (December 12).

Anyone who recognises the man and woman in the picture is asked to contact Sussex Police via the eform at sussex.police.uk/appealresponse or call 101 quoting serial 252 of December 13.