Police have released an image of a shoplifter who stuffed £54-worth of chocolate down his trousers.

The man stole the Nestle Munchies from Pundland in Selborne Walk shopping centre at 11am on August 15.

The CCTV images have been released to the Guardian as part of a joint venture with the Metropolitan Police to identify perpetrators of unsolved crimes in the borough.

Anyone with information is asked contact Waltham Forest police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.