Coles shopper and security guard filmed in a tug-of-war over alleged unpaid groceries in a trolley

Confronting moment a female Coles shopper pulls a weapon on a store security guard after a tug-of-war over alleged unpaid groceries in a trolley

  • A Coles shopper has been accused of stealing groceries at a Melbourne store 
  • She was filmed in a tug-of-war with the security guard at Coles Derrimut Village
  • The woman appeared to threaten the security guard before fleeing the store 


A Coles shopper has appeared to threaten a security guard with a weapon after she allegedly stole a trolley-load of groceries.

The woman was filmed locked in an argument with a security guard at Coles Derrimut Village, in Melbourne‘s west, over the contents of her trolley.

The footage, which was shared to Facebook on Monday, showed the woman and another man try to leave the self-serve section of the grocery store.

A Coles shopper has appeared to threaten a security guard with a weapon after she allegedly stole a trolley-load of groceries

But the security guard, who was dressed in blue, grabbed the four-wheeled metal trolley in protest. 

She resisted and tried to pull the trolley to freedom while shouting: ‘Let go of the trolley.’  

‘Seriously stop it.’

A man dressed in black observed the tug-of-war while other Coles employees petered out from the grocery store to see what was going on. 

The woman eventually pulled a black object out of her pocket and ran around the trolley, towards the security guard.

He retracted and the pair fled the supermarket.

The woman was filmed locked in an argument with a security guard at Coles Derrimut Village, in Melbourne's west, over the contents of her trolley

The woman was filmed locked in an argument with a security guard at Coles Derrimut Village, in Melbourne’s west, over the contents of her trolley

The woman eventually pulled a black object out of her pocket and ran around the trolley, towards the security guard.  He retracted and the pair fled the supermarket

The woman eventually pulled a black object out of her pocket and ran around the trolley, towards the security guard.  He retracted and the pair fled the supermarket

‘Derrimut Coles at its finest,’ the woman who shared the video wrote to Facebook.

‘Security and staff said she hadn’t paid for something in her trolley, they play an awkward tug-of-war for a bit. 

‘Until she threatens to stab him and then pulls out what appears to possibly be a knife in a sheath and that’s when security finally let go.’

A man dressed in black observed the tug-of-war while other Coles employees petered out from the grocery store to see what was going on

A man dressed in black observed the tug-of-war while other Coles employees petered out from the grocery store to see what was going on