Police are investigating after an alleged distraction theft in Cookstown.
According to South Simcoe police, on Sept. 9 at around 4:30 p.m., officers received a report of a theft at a store on King Street South in Cookstown.
Police say seven suspects entered the store and distracted the lone employee.
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Officers say while the employee was distracted, another suspect went to the back room and allegedly took a quantity of cash.
According to police, the incident lasted only a few minutes before the suspects fled the area in a white minivan.
Officers say the employee did not realize the money was missing until later that evening.
Police are now searching for two men and five women.