Masked men target Aughton Wines in Formby last night

Aug 19, 2015
1 min read

Aughton Wines only re-opened last Friday under new management and they have been targeted by thieves early hours this morning.

Three masked men with crow bars kicked in the door and despite the alarm going off, they jammied open the cigarette shutter and made off with bundles of tobacco and cigarettes worth hundreds of pounds. They left the float in the till which was open.

The incident happened at approximately 1am. The Police attended the scene and made the premises secure. There were witnesses but the men were masked and got away before the Police arrived.

The cigarette shutter jammied open with a crowbar

The cigarette display targeted

This is the third incident in as as many weeks. The shop next door, Aughton News, was targeted on 29th July. The thieves broke in wearing ski masks and armed with crow bars through the front entrance. They completely cleared out all the cigarettes in the Independant store. Read the full story here.

Aughton News

Five Star of Formby was also broken into on Wednesday 29th July. The doors, which are on Church Road, were smashed through early hours in the morning. Four cars were stolen off the forecourt along with the safe which contained all the keys for the other vehicles.

Read the full story HERE

Five Star of Formby

Aughton Wines is an independant Off-Licence that have supplied fine wines, liquors, champagnes, beers and spirits since 1989 in Formby and are well established within our community.