‘£10k worth of cigarettes and tobacco’ stolen from Inverness newsagent

A thief returned twice to steal goods from Greig Street Stores Newsagents.

By Alberto Lejarraga

December 14 2024, 4:41 pm

Greig Street Stores Newsagents in Inverness was broken into on Saturday. Image: Alberto Lejarraga/DC Thomson

Staff at an Inverness newsagent say more than £10,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco has been stolen during a break-in.

Greig Street Stores Newsagents was targeted early on Saturday when a man is thought to have smashed his way in through the front door.

The culprit then returned a second time to take more goods.

Police were called to the scene just after 8am on Saturday with the entrance taped off.

One worker told The Press and Journal he was surprised to see the door open when he arrived for work.

He said: “(The thief) must have gone inside through the broken glass.

“He stole all the cigarettes and tobacco in the shop – between £10,000 and £15,000 worth.

“He also took more than £100 in cash.”

CCTV footage showed the man was in the shop between 3.30am and 5am.

Thief returned a second time to steal more goods

The worker added: “He came in twice.

“He came in and stole some of it and then came back to steal more.

“He put everything stashed in a bin bag.”

A police spokesperson said: “Around 8.05am on Saturday, we received a report of a break-in to and theft from a premises on Greig Street, Inverness.

“Inquiries are at an early stage and ongoing.”