The New Year got off to a poor start for one gang of criminals, after going to a lot of trouble to break into a supermarket on January 1.
The gang cut a large hole in a rear fence to reach the service yard of the Tesco store in Chester Road in the Cheshire village of Helsby. They got into the yard at about 9.30pm.
The men then forced their way into the store through a rear door before attempting to raid the tobacco counter, with the trio captured on film forcing up shutters behind the counter. However, unbeknown to the thieves, the counter had been emptied, so they only fled the store with a small quantity of cash from the till.
