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CCTV captures moment thief sledgehammers glass door of Leongatha jewellery store
Victoria Police have released detailed CCTV footage as they try to track down a pair of burglars who smashed their way into a Gippsland jewellery store.
Key points:
- It took one burglar several blows with a sledgehammer to shatter the glass door
- The pair stole watches, pearls and other jewellery from the Leongatha shop
- The stolen SUV they used to escape the scene was found dumped about an hour’s drive east at Rosedale
Police said the two thieves arrived at the Leongatha jewellery store in a stolen black Lexus SUV about 2:45am on February 15.
One of them, dressed in a disposable orange jumpsuit and armed with a sledgehammer, repeatedly smashed through the glass front door of the shop.
They both then entered and, using a crowbar to smash up the…
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