An Aberdeen shop owner has again become the victim of shoplifting seagulls.

Zaman Iqbal said the brazen birds show no fear as they strut into 24 Hour Sweet News on Crown Street looking for food.

The birds loiter outside the store at night before waddling in through the door, he said.

A video shared on social media shows one of the birds going for a bag of Golden Wonder BBQ Saucers.

Zaman then chases the sneaky seagull down through the aisles before it drops the crisps and makes a quick getaway through the shop door.

The frustrated shopkeeper said: "I've had seagulls come in trying to pinch the snacks for a while now.

"Some of them don't make it very far but this one managed to get hold of some crisps.

"It could be the one that came here before. It must have thought the heat had died down and that security was low.

"It was sneaky but luckily I managed to chase it off. I just shouted at it and it dropped the crisps.

"It's happened a few times now but I know how to deal with the seagulls. You just run at them from behind and they will make their way out."

A video shot last year showed a seagull casually looking around the shop before spying a display of nuts and grabbing a pack from a lower rack.

In 2007, a gull named Sam became famous for stealing packs of Doritos from another local shop and eating them outside the store.