Police hunt thieves who stole £12,000 fryers from restaurant

Hannah Al-Othman13 July 2016
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This is the moment two thieves dressed as workmen forced their way into a restaurant to steal tens of thousands of pounds worth of brand new kitchen equipment.

The owner of the restaurant was alerted to the break-in by CCTV at the Romford business, and managed to use an app on his phone to record the two men forcing open the door and searching the premises.

The footage captured the men taking two ‘Henny Penny’ high pressure fryers from the restaurant, which had been delivered earlier that day and were still in their packaging.

The fryers, which were worth £12,000 each, were stolen on the evening of Friday, May 6.

Appeal: police are looking to trace these two men
Met Police

Detectives from Barking and Dagenham Borough have today released the CCTV and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.

The first suspect police want to trace is described as a well built white man, aged in his 20s.

He was wearing a white protective hat, a sleeveless yellow high visibility jacket labelled ‘Lakehouse’, a dark top over a light blue shirt, dark tracksuit trousers with white lines down the sides, and dark shoes.

The second suspect is also described as a well built white man, also aged in his 20s. He was wearing a white protective hat, a sleeveless yellow high visibility jacket, a dark top, grey trousers and brown boots.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 020 3276 1069 or via 101 quoting reference number 216967 (suspect 1) or 216966 (suspect 2) or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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