German cops are hunting a pair of hypnotist robbers who put their victims into a deep trance before stealing their valuables.
The two women, believed to be Russian, allegedly targeted a 66-year-old in front of a store in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, last Monday.
And police believe there have been other victims who may not even know they’ve been hit.
The Hamburger Morgenpost reports that the senior citizen, also Russian, was outside an Aldi superstore when she was approached by the duo.
“They told her they’d read her fortune, but next thing she knew she was back home sitting in an armchair and all her jewelry and valuables had vanished,” said police spokeswoman Sandra Mohr.
“She claims that the pair put her into a trance in order to rob her. She’d no idea how they did it, one minute she was being promised the future and the next she was back home,” she added.
Police now want help in tracking down the women.
One is reportedly around 35-years-old, while the second looks about 55.