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Credit card info stolen during break-in at Winnipeg gym

A thief who broke into a Winnipeg gym and stole clients' credit card information was caught on camera but still remains at large.

Police still looking for person who robbed Anytime Fitness in Charleswood

The Anytime Fitness in Charleswood is contacting its members, warning them about a break-in last Friday. (Facebook)

A thief who broke into a Winnipeg gym and stole clients' credit card information was caught on camerabut still remains at large.

Peter Cavey, the owner of Anytime Fitness on Roblin Boulevard, said he's still dealing with the break-in, which happenedFriday around 5:15 a.m.

"It's definitely very devastating," said Cavey, who has owned the gym for just over a year.

"We feel really bad for our clients."

Surveillance video of the robbery shows a personbreaking through a window and pulling out tools before using a grinder to cut a lock on the filing cabinet.

He took the credit and debit card information of hundreds of clients, Cavey said.

"It looked like he had been targeting the filing cabinet all along," he said.

The three people working out in the gym at the time of the theft wereshaken, he said.

They hid in the gym's bathroomwhile the thief looted the office, he said.

"They didn't want to confront him or anything."

The break-in caused about $1,000 damage and Cavey is now beefing up security measures, he said.

Winnipeg police said Tuesday that they had not yet made any arrests in the robbery.