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Irregular News for 08.21.06
United Kingdom -- Raiders chipped their way through nine inches of a reinforced concrete floor so they could break into the newsagents below.
However, the shop's owner told today how they may have spent weeks trying to get into the wrong place, as there is a jewellery store three doors further down the street.
The burglars smashed a three-foot hole in the ceiling of The Nook newsagents, Charles Street, Leicester, after getting into the empty property above. However, when they found they had got into the newsagents, they fled empty-handed.
Owner Harj Khera said: "The alarm went off at about 10.30pm on Thursday and I came in and everything was fine, so I just reset the alarm.
"About an hour later, I got another call, came in and the ceiling was like this. I am just shocked. I thought there had been a mini earthquake or something.
"I can't believe someone has gone to all this effort and not taken anything. I think it is most likely that they have got the wrong shop. We're not even an off-licence."
Viraj Raniga, manager at Jewellerybox, in Charles Street, said: "I suspect they wanted to gain access to me rather than the newsagents. It is three doors down, so I don't know how they could have got it that wrong.
"We have been here for two years now and, when we took over, we changed the whole alarm system.
"I am quite confident that if someone tried to get in through the ceiling like this, the alarm would go off before they got in and the police would be outside waiting for them."
A spokeswoman for Leicestershire police confirmed the incident had been reported to them.
She said: "The incident was reported to a passing police officer at 12.09am.
"Entry to the premises was forced via the roof. Nothing appears to have been taken. An investigation is under way and forensics will be going to the premises to carry out an examination."
Anybody with information should contact Sgt 1773 Steve Power, of city centre police, on 0116 222 2222 or call Crimestoppers, which is free and anonymous, on 0800 555 111.
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United Kingdom -- Raiders chipped their way through nine inches of a reinforced concrete floor so they could break into the newsagents below.
However, the shop's owner told today how they may have spent weeks trying to get into the wrong place, as there is a jewellery store three doors further down the street.
The burglars smashed a three-foot hole in the ceiling of The Nook newsagents, Charles Street, Leicester, after getting into the empty property above. However, when they found they had got into the newsagents, they fled empty-handed.
Owner Harj Khera said: "The alarm went off at about 10.30pm on Thursday and I came in and everything was fine, so I just reset the alarm.
"About an hour later, I got another call, came in and the ceiling was like this. I am just shocked. I thought there had been a mini earthquake or something.
"I can't believe someone has gone to all this effort and not taken anything. I think it is most likely that they have got the wrong shop. We're not even an off-licence."
Viraj Raniga, manager at Jewellerybox, in Charles Street, said: "I suspect they wanted to gain access to me rather than the newsagents. It is three doors down, so I don't know how they could have got it that wrong.
"We have been here for two years now and, when we took over, we changed the whole alarm system.
"I am quite confident that if someone tried to get in through the ceiling like this, the alarm would go off before they got in and the police would be outside waiting for them."
A spokeswoman for Leicestershire police confirmed the incident had been reported to them.
She said: "The incident was reported to a passing police officer at 12.09am.
"Entry to the premises was forced via the roof. Nothing appears to have been taken. An investigation is under way and forensics will be going to the premises to carry out an examination."
Anybody with information should contact Sgt 1773 Steve Power, of city centre police, on 0116 222 2222 or call Crimestoppers, which is free and anonymous, on 0800 555 111.
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