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WATCH: Security video shows smash-and-grab hair extension robbery

Surveillance video of a burglary in Houston, Texas shows four masked men breaking into a beauty supply shop and grabbing thousands of dollars worth of human hair and the store’s cash register.

The criminals pulled up to Beauty Empire in a white van at 3 a.m. Wednesday, then used a crowbar to break open the door and smash the security alarm.

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Once inside, they made a beeline for the expensive stuff: real human hair extensions.

Within four minutes, they grabbed handfuls of the merchandise and the cash register, and vanished.

The total cost of the stolen merchandise is not yet clear, but each package of hair goes for about $200 each.

Police are keeping an eye out for the hair extensions to hit the black market.

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