Wednesday 25 January, 2012.

Police in Dewsbury are appealing for witnesses after the Co-Op in Thornhill was burgled.

At around 10:45pm on the 9 January three men broke into the store after prising open security shutters with a crow-bar and smashing a window.

Once inside, the suspects jumped over the counter, breaking into the cigarette cupboard before stealing over £3,000 worth of cigarettes from the premises.

The suspects left through the damaged window and made off in an unknown direction.

The burglary took place a week before a similar crime was committed at the Co-Op in Mirfield.

At around 00:50am on the morning of the 16 January a dark coloured Mercedes style saloon car reversed into the window of the Co-Op on Old Bank Road, Mirfield.

Three men wearing Balaclava's got into the store through the damaged window, returning with a large container of cigarettes.

The three men then got back into the car - which was driven by a fourth man - before it made of at speed along Sunny Bank Avenue.

The three suspects were men wearing light grey or white tops, one of which had a stripe down one arm. The driver of the car was wearing a dark coloured top.

Any witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact Dewsbury CID or the Dewsbury and Mirfield NPT via 101, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

Tuesday 17 January, 2012.

Dewsbury CID are appealing for witnesses after a supermarket in Mirfield was raided.
 

At around 00:50am on the morning of the 16 January a dark coloured Mercedes style saloon car reversed into the window of the Co-Op on Old Bank Road, Mirfield.

Three men wearing Balaclava's got into the store through the damaged window, returning with a large container of cigarettes.

The three men then got back into the car - which was driven by a fourth man - before it made of at speed along Sunny Bank Avenue.

The three suspects were men wearing light grey or white tops, one of which had a stripe down one arm. The driver of the car was wearing a dark coloured top.

Any witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact DC 5826 Sally Dale at Dewsbury CID on 01924 431022 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.