The manager of a Wellington liquor store ram-raided overnight says it was hit despite a security patrol being in a nearby vehicle.
The raiders hit Thirsty Liquor in Island Bay overnight Tuesday, helping themselves to a number of bottles.
Store manager Chetan Bajaj says people in a stolen Subaru station wagon smashed into the front of the store.
They weren’t put off by the nearby security.
The manager says a stolen station wagon was driven into the front of the Island Bay store.
Ram-raid damaged liquor store in Island Bay, Wellington (Source: 1News)
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"They just don’t care," he said of the thieves.
He said they had been hit by theft and robbery previously, but never a ram-raid.
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He thought repairs could cost up to $10,000.
It comes after a store in Brooklyn was hit earlier this month.
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