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Moment two masked burglars raid London tech shop - by using power tools to cut through shutters

2023-08-25 5 Dailymotion

This is the moment two masked burglars raided a London tech shop - using power tools to cut through the metal shutters.<br /><br />Detectives are probing the crime, which took place at around 3am in Finchley last week (18/8).<br /><br />Veteran shop owner Abdul Idrissi, 40, believes the attack was targeted and pre-planned.<br /><br />The thieves made off with games consoles, mobile phones and MacBook laptops, he said.<br /><br />And Abdul - who has run the Exchange since 1999 - added that he now feels unsafe in the capital.<br /><br />He said: "I am really distraught, I am born and raised in London but I don't feel safe.<br /><br />"I feel like the way things are, especially with what happened, the city feels unsafe.<br /><br />"At the moment we are still going through the stock to see what has gone but we they literally stole everything within four minutes.<br /><br />"They stole gaming consoles, MacBooks, phones and gaming computers."<br /><br />CCTV shows two masked burglars arriving on a moped outside the shop, which is on Finchley's High Road.<br /><br />They then use a circular saw to cut through the shutter, before smashing the glass door.<br /><br />They then flee after raiding the shop.<br /><br />Abdul believes the attack was pre-planned - as it happened eight years to the day his shop last got broken into.<br /><br />The shopkeeper said they are still assessing the aftermath but he has struggled to reopen since.<br /><br />Abdul said: "The bike the men were on was reflecting on the camera. <br /><br />"They must have had something on the plate that doesn't allow cameras to read the plate.<br /><br />"I was broken when I got there, really shocked and very heartbroken.<br /><br />"I got the call when I was sleeping, I looked at the cameras and saw the shop being broken into."<br /><br />The Metropolitan Police said: "Police were called at 03:05hrs on Thursday, 18 August to reports of a burglary at a shop on East Finchley High Road, N2.<br /><br />"The suspects are believed to have fled on a moped.<br /><br />"Detectives are carrying out a number of enquiries including a review of local CCTV.<br /><br />"There have been no arrests.<br /><br />"Anyone with information is asked to call police via 101 quoting reference CAD 778/18Aug."

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