CCTV shows three burglars raiding a convenience store as they filled a one-tonne bag in less than a minute.
Three males were seen forcing up the shutters outside Nisa Local Chorleywood at around 12.27am last night (January 28), before two loaded up a large bag as the other waited outside.
They can be seen opening the till and grabbing products from behind the counter in the footage, before climbing back out past the broken door and under the shutter less than a minute after entering.
Shop owner Jagmit Kapoor said: “It was shocking, getting a phone call in the middle of the night, its everybody’s worst nightmare.
“To think the place you are everyday was getting ransacked and robbed.”
Fixing the door and shutters apparently cannot be done until tomorrow so Mr Kapoor will have to spend another night waiting up in his store because it cannot be secured.
A member of the public also saw the burglars breaking in and alerted police. A black Mercedes was seen in the area.
Police added that no tools were seen being used to break in.
In a message to customers on Facebook, the Main Parade Nisa branch confirmed it was unable to open as normal this morning as Herts Police were carrying out forensic work.
The shop resumed trading at 12pm.
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Mr Kapoor apologised to customers for any inconvenience during the closure and added that he was concerned for the area’s businesses, having heard of another shop in the area being broken into recently.
Cigarettes were the main item taken from the Nisa and vapes were stolen in the other incident, leading the business owner to think they may be linked.
“It looks like the thieves have found a new area to target,” he said, adding that he would like more CCTV in the village to prevent it being an “easy target”.
Police have asked that any information related to the crime be reported online, or by calling 101, quoting the crime reference number 41/8657/25.
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