In England, police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly was kneeling behind a supermarket worker in an effort to smell his ass.

CCTV showed the perp creeping up on the male worker at least 20 times as he stacked shelves at a Co-op store in Plymouth. The footage shows him pretending to choose items from shelves before suddenly crouching down behind the employee.

The offences only came to light when the employee became suspicious and informed his manager who checked the in-store security video. The un-named victim said: “I had no idea what was going on. I thought it was all a bit strange. I was shocked and I couldn’t believe he was in the aisle for that long.”

Detective Steve White of Plymouth police, said: “We are treating this incident very seriously and we would appeal to the public’s help in tracking down this man.

“It is a bizarre incident and the shop was full of people. Someone must have seen the man and could well help us identify him.”