Hanwood's service station has been broken into for the second time in June, with two thieves escaping with a single bottle of iced coffee.
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Two males approached the service station at 9.18pm on Sunday and smashed the bottom glass panels of a door.
CCTV footage handed to police shows one of the males entering the store, while the other keeps watch outside.
The alarm activated and the business's owners contacted police. After the alarm sounded the thieves fled the scene.
Meanwhile, in other police news;
- A disqualified driver was charged with mid-range drink driving on Sunday. Officers spotted a red Honda Odyssey travelling east along Wakaden Street at 7pm, the driver was travelling at speed and police followed the vehicle which entered the Woolworths car park on Burrell Street. Police approached the man who became argumentative, officers attempted a roadside breath test which eventually returned a positive reading. The driver said that he licence was in the car, but during a search of the car, officers couldn't find the licence, checks revealed he had been disqualified on January 30 until July 30. The man was taken to Griffith police station where he returned a reading of 0.115 and admitted that he had drunk two glasses of grappa. The man was charged with mid-range drink driving, driving while disqualified and assaulting a police officer after he threw his jacket at an officer's face. He will face Griffith Local Court on July 22.
- At 4.09am on Sunday, an unknown offender broke into a supermarket at Yenda Place and. The offender attempted to open the ciggarette cabinet before taking a number of scratchies and some cash from a till, it's estimate around $2000 was taken. Police have collected the serial numbers of the stolen scratchies.
- A 27-year-old man has been charged with high range drink driving after returning a reading four times the limit. at 9.41pm on Saturday, police were called to the Southside Leagues Club after a customer had a heated argument with another patron. The man was asked to leave but continued to loiter in the car park. The man got into his silver Mazda ute and drove it across the car park, stopping outside the door as police have arrived. Police say the man was immediately hostile and was yelling and swearing at officers. He was given a roadside breath test was positive and later returned a breath test reading of 0.208 at Griffith police station.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Griffith police on 6969 4299 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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