TRURO, N.S. -- Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after someone made off with hundreds of pairs of leggings.

Truro police say someone stole roughly 400 pairs of leggings from a parked truck at the Truro Mall on Wednesday.

Investigators say the passenger window of the truck was smashed sometime between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

The collection of leggings that someone ran off with is worth more than $5,000, police said.

Insp. Rob Hearn described the theft as a "crime of opportunity."

"If they see something in a vehicle and they believe it has value and they have the opportunity to take it, they will make that attempt," said Hearn.