TASSIE Fine Foods, in Downard St, Braeside, was entered by force, overnight Saturday 3 September, in the second robbery at the premises in the past 12 months.
The thieves jemmied open a fire exit door and entered upstairs offices, stealing the CCTV camera hard drive.
They used an angle grinder to cut open a small safe, stealing a quantity of cash. They then stole keys to a Toyota Hi-Ace van and loaded 12 boxes of meat from the cold room valued at $6000 into the van.
The thieves attempt to load a $10,000 pressure cleaner into the van using a forklift, however it fell to the ground and was damaged and left behind.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 7 September 2016