A Co-op store has been raided for the second time in just two weeks.
Metropolitan Police were called at around 9.40pm on Sunday (October 1) to reports of a burglary at the shop in Dagenham Road, Rush Green.
Officers were told that a group of five people entered the shop and stole cash, cigarettes, alcohol and scratch cards. A spokesperson for Met Police has confirmed that no injuries were sustained in the incident.
Police, they said, carried out a search of the area but the suspects were not found. No arrests have been made so far.
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On September 19, masked men raided the same store and stole cigarettes, vapes and alcohol among other items before fleeing in a car.
Enquiries into both incidents are underway.
A spokesperson for the Co-op told this paper that they cannot comment on the incident and security measures at a specific store as "crime affects all retailers".
Matt Hood, Co-op Food managing director, previously said that the company has invested more than £200m in recent years in colleague and community safety to counter criminal behaviour.
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