Raiders use iron grid to smash into store

THIEVES stole cigarettes from an off-licence in Oldham after smashing through the window using a cast-iron grid.

The burglary happened at the Bargain Booze store on Ripponden Road at about 4.45am on October 14.

Two men in a white Volvo prised open the shutters and used the grid to smash their way through the door glass.

They emptied a cigarette display into a bedsheet and raced off in the car, which was last seen in Wellyhole Street travelling towards Lees. The pair wore black clothes and balaclavas.

Information can be passed to police on 101, or to Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.