Thieves cut power supply to convenience store

Suspect(s) cut the main power supply and broke a front door to gain access to the Handi Mart on Hodgson Road Tuesday evening.

Suspect(s) cut the main power supply from a power pole and broke a front door to gain access to the Handi Mart on Hodgson Road Tuesday evening, said Sgt. Rick Lebeuf of the Williams Lake RCMP.

Around 11:31 p.m., officers responded to a motion alarm at store.

Upon arrival they observed the front door to the store had been broken and the main power supply from the power pole to the store had been cut.

“Once inside the suspect(s) took a small amount of pop and left,” Lebeuf said.

Anyone with information on this break and enter is asked to call the detachment at 250-392-6211 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

 

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