Ram raiders hunted after targeting Screwfix store in Sheffield

Ram raiders are being hunted by the police over an attack on a Screwfix store in Sheffield.
By Claire Lewis
Published 11th Feb 2019, 13:09 BST
Updated 11th Feb 2019, 13:12 BST
A vehicle was driven into the shutters outside Screwfix in Hillsborough in a ram raid (Andy Granger)A vehicle was driven into the shutters outside Screwfix in Hillsborough in a ram raid (Andy Granger)
A vehicle was driven into the shutters outside Screwfix in Hillsborough in a ram raid (Andy Granger)

They struck at the store on Rawson Spring Road, Hillsborough, overnight.

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A vehicle was driven into the shutters outside Screwfix in Hillsborough in a ram raid (Andy Granger)A vehicle was driven into the shutters outside Screwfix in Hillsborough in a ram raid (Andy Granger)
A vehicle was driven into the shutters outside Screwfix in Hillsborough in a ram raid (Andy Granger)
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The shutters were damaged in the raid but those involved failed to gain entry.

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A police probe is now under way.

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Ram raiders stole cash and cigarettes from Tesco on Dykes Hall Road, Hillsborough, this morning, but it has not yet been revealed whether detectives are linking the incident with the Screwfix attack.

The Tesco raid is being linked with a break-in at Spar on Pot House Lane, Stocksbridge and another at the Texaco garage on Burncross Road, Chapeltown.

Anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

 

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