Monkey steals money from toll booth cash register

Police said the monkey is believed to be a pet that was trained to steal by its owner.

(Web Desk) – A thieving monkey hopped into a toll plaza booth and stole a fistful of cash at an Indian highway as whole incident was recorded on security cameras.

The CCTV footage from the toll plaza in Kanpur, Uttar Pardesh, showed the monkey climb from atop a car into the booth’s open window and climb on the surprised attendant’s shoulders.

The monkey takes advantage of the man’s surprised state and grabs a handful of bills from the open cash register before leaping back out the window.

Police said the monkey is believed to be a pet that was trained to steal by its owner. The primate took about $72, officials said.