This is the shocking moment crooks snatched five motorbikes from a dealership in just 30 seconds in front of a stunned worker in broad daylight.

CCTV footage of the theft shows a group of men bursting into the dealership, getting on the motorcycles, and speeding off in the Itarare neighbourhood of Sao Vicente, Brazil, on Friday, November 29.

Authorities said there were at least 10 robbers, one of whom fled on foot after failing to start three different motorcycles in the shop.

Before he ran off, he stole the employee's computer from the counter.

The Sao Paulo Security Secretariat reported that the arrested thug is being interrogated, while the remaining suspects and the motorbikes they stole are still at large.

Police have opened an investigation into the incident.