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he Village Jeweller in Picton Street, Howick was one of 10 premises ram raided at the weekend. Store owner Chris Schweder said the culprits made quite a mess but, because very little jewellery is left in the cabinet at night, he and his team lost about $1500 of silver jewellery, “ so all very pointless”. “I feel great comfort that the huge expense and fanatical efforts I made 20 years ago when I developed the store and our rigid systems for safety and security reduced the loss,” Mr Schweder said. “With extensively reinforced steel fronts, this prevented the car going right into
the shop and causing a ridiculous amount of wreckage.” A police spokesperson confirmed they are investigating a ram raid which occurred at the Village Jeweller on Saturday morning. “This forms part of a wider investigation into 10 ram raids carried out across Counties Manukau on Saturday morning and we are now in the process of identifying which of these may be linked. “We are currently following strong lines of enquiry and can’t make any further comment at this stage.”
ROBBED: Shop manager Lee Bevan in front of the store. Photo Jackie Russell, Chatterbox PR
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