Shotguns and ammunition stolen in daring gun shop raid in Sheffield
The store – All Guns Discounted on Leigh Street, Attercliffe – was raided just before 9.50pm yesterday when crooks smashed holes in the side wall of the shop and climbed inside to ransack the unit.
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This morning, piles of bricks and rubble could be seen where the shop wall was demolished in the raid.
Police officers have spent a number of hours at the shop carrying out enquiries and examining the crime scene.
CCTV footage has also been reviewed.
Officers remain there this afternoon.
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Hide AdThe raiders are believed to have left the scene in a dark coloured Vauxhall Astra and remain on the run.
Witnesses or anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 109 of January 17.
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