Would-be handbag thieves were caught by Irvine police officers after they entered a luxury shop at Jamboree Road and Dupont Drive, attempting to take roughly $100,000 worth of bags in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 6, authorities said.

Building security contacted the Irvine Police Department to report two people spotted on camera entering the building, police said. Officers arrived and found two suspects hiding inside, and took both men into custody.

Footage of the suspects shows them, clad in hoodies and masks, climbing over a wall and once inside the store, grabbing bags from the shelves. The two men are seen holding multiple leather handbags in each of their hands, trying to leave. They open the door, but change their minds.

They quickly turn around and dash up the stairs to another level of the building, where they were cornered by police and handcuffed.

The handbags, valued at around $100,000, were returned to the victim, police said.

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