Men in hoods ransacked a petrol station shop, wrenching open a till and filling bags with piles of cigarettes, shocking CCTV footage shows.
The CCTV footage also shows one of the men carrying concrete blocks towards the shop just before the break-in, which managing director Mark James said they used to tear the shop's metal shutter and smash its glass front, before climbing inside. The incident at James & Jenkins Garages in Cardiff's Llandaff North at 4.20am on Wednesday March 2.
The video shows the men smashing the till with a stone and trying to open it.. After wrenching one side up and finding nothing inside, the footage shows them tearing open a cabinet and stripping it of cigarettes. It also shows them stuffing the packets into bags, before making a swift a get-away. Police say the incident is currently under investigation.
