A comedy group renowned for their skits celebrating Italian culture reported a break-in at their office near their Carlton restaurant, Johnny, Vince and Sam’s Ristorante. The incident occurred around 7 p.m.

Footage from security cameras, shared on the Sooshi Mango Instagram account, captures a man wearing jeans and a cream-colored jumper forcing the office door open using his body.

Once inside, the intruder rummaged through several drawers but ultimately left without taking anything.

“He didn’t end up stealing anything because he couldn’t find anything of value,” the comedy group explained in their Instagram post.

Adding a touch of humor, they quipped, “We are Italians, we don’t leave our cash in obvious places.”

The group, made up of brothers Carlo and Joe Salantri along with close friend Andrew Manfre, warned the would-be thief “tried to rob the wrong place” after airing the footage to their 3.1 million followers. 

“If we can stop him from taking advantage of just one other honest business then we have done our job,” they said.

“Perhaps if Victoria had stricter laws these filthy rotten leaches (sic) wouldn’t have the confidence to go around breaking into places in broad daylight,” the group wrote.

“With what’s going on at the moment, especially all the home invasions and so forth, everyone’s feeling a bit unsafe at the moment,” Joe said.

“Let’s get these laws a little bit stronger so people are scared to do them.”

Police confirmed they were investigating a commercial burglary on Drummond Street.

No arrests have been made.