A group of thieves broke through the roof of a California wine store on Saturday and allegedly stole $700,000 worth of alcohol.

The robbery took place at Lincoln Fine Wines in Venice, and the robbers reportedly arrived around 1 a.m. in a white pickup truck, according to KTLA. report. (Related article: Former beauty queen arrested for stealing $1.7 million worth of wine)

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The video shows one of the suspects getting out of the truck and climbing onto what appears to be a metal shipping container with a knife and sharp tools. KTLA said the culprit used a sharp tool to pierce the ceiling of the store’s cellar, where the rarest and most expensive wines were kept.

The thief then used a rock-climbing rope to descend into the basement and covered all the security cameras with socks, the paper reported.

“They cleaned it up,” said owner Nazmul Haq Helal, according to KTLA. “They have taken everything, so there is nothing left on the Burgundy and Bordeaux side.”

According to media reports, the perpetrators stole wine from France and Italy worth between $700,000 and $800,000.

According to CBS Los Angeles, Heral said thieves could try to sell the illicitly obtained wine on the black market, and expensive bottles would have identification, such as cork serial numbers, to ensure authenticity. They claimed that they were often marked. report.

KTLA said Heral plans to send a list of the missing wines to local stores and auction houses to warn anyone looking to unload the stolen goods.