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THIEVES BREAK THOUGH WALL TO ATTACK SAFE
£30,000 worth of jewellery reported stolen
» » A JEWELLERY STORE IN
Birmingham suffered a break-
in recently where thieves cut
through an external wall into
the back of a Robur Grade II
safe. It is not clear over what
time period this took place as
there is no CCTV footage of
the rear of the premises and
the internal CCTV shows very
little since the thieves did not
actually enter the premises.
It is thought that the thieves
‘If the shelves
had been
securely fixed,
the loss would
have been
much less’
arrived at circa 8 pm on
Saturday evening and the
break in was not discovered
until the following Monday
morning.
ALARM NOT ACTIVATED
Thieves cut through the
fencing to the back of the
building which gave them
access to the rear of the
premises where they removed
external brickwork and
breeze-blocks to create a hole
large enough for a man or
woman to climb through. The
first entry hole took them in
to the secure room; however;
they did not enter any further
than a few inches and did not
activate the intruder alarm.
After removing what they
could from the shelving of the
secure room the thieves left
that part of the premises and
targeted the wa