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Armed police swoop on Boots in Chippenham

10:42am Tuesday 17th February 2009 in


Armed officers and police dogs swooped on the Boots store in Chippenham High Street in the early hours of this morning after two men broke into the shop after drilling a hole in the roof.

Three police cars full of police officers, traffic cops, members of the armed response unit and police dogs surrounded the building just after 3am after reports of a break in.

Two men, both in their late 20s, had managed to get onto the roof and drill a large hole through the concrete to gain access.

PC Dave Turner, who was at the scene, said: "We received a call from a neighbour and immediately headed out to the store.

"One officer went around the back and found that a fire exit was unsecured and a large hole had been cut into the roof.

"The remaining officers surrounded and the building and the two men inside realised they had been rumbled.

"As they tried to get back up through the hole the officer was waiting for them and sprayed them both with Pava spray to detain them."

The men had a rucksack full of bin liners and pliers.

The men are both still in custody helping police with their enquires.

Comments(8)

medrith says...
11:34am Tue 17 Feb 09

Maybe they were keen to get a £2.99 meal deal.

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macca76 says...
12:46pm Tue 17 Feb 09

think the theives were trying to make a clean get away!!

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blueboy1 says...
1:12pm Tue 17 Feb 09

Bin Liner and Pliers....






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rrosco says...
1:18pm Tue 17 Feb 09

blueboy1 wrote:
Bin Liner and Pliers....





Presumably to store their swag and use as tools respectively.

What on earth does Boots have that makes it such a desirable target for a break-in: you'd have thoguht drilling into concrete was for a bank-heist!

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medrith says...
2:02pm Tue 17 Feb 09

"What on earth does Boots have that makes it such a desirable target for a break-in?"

Um, a hell of a lot of drugs.

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ChippenhamBorn&Bred says...
12:23pm Wed 18 Feb 09

Three police cars full of police officers, traffic cops, members of the armed response unit and police dogs surrounded the building

ARMED RESPONSE!! Are you kidding me!! for 2 young guys with a drill??

quiet night shift was it guys?

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TheDuke says...
12:51am Thu 19 Feb 09

Its fairly common now for people to break in through the roof for some reason they think doors have alarms where as a roof doesnt but they forget about motion sensors.

They tend to send armed responce out for break ins to stores after all boots is full of drugs people on drugs can and will do anything to escape.

You also need to consider boots is part of a terrace they would have needed all those people in order to surround it

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calnelife says...
12:43pm Mon 23 Feb 09

ChippenhamBorn&Bred, Chippenham says...
12:23pm Wed 18 Feb 09
Three police cars full of police officers, traffic cops, members of the armed response unit and police dogs surrounded the building

ARMED RESPONSE!! Are you kidding me!! for 2 young guys with a drill??

quiet night shift was it guys?

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And there is the stupid comment of the day!

If there is a robbery in progress where the culrpits could be armed then what would you have them do instead? People like you live in cloud cuckoo land!

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