SHOCKED shoppers were greeted by the sight of a stolen 4x4 inside a supermarket yesterday morning.
Between 2am and 3am, two burglars rammed a stolen vehicle into the Morrisons store, off George Street, Nailsworth.
They targeted cigarettes but police were on the scene quickly and the pair fled on foot. It is believed they left empty-handed.
Security grills were ripped off the main entrance and the Mitsubishi stood where shoppers usually pick up a basket or choose a newspaper. Despite the police cordoning off the main entrance, the store remained open and customers were directed to a side entrance.
"It's quite a sight," said one shopper, who did not wish to be named. "I heard there was a kerfuffle overnight but I did not expect this.
"I thought the store staff were really helpful and reacted well though." The incident is being linked to the thefts of two 4x4s. Between midnight and 7am on Thursday, a blue Mitsubishi Shogun was stolen from Farmhill Crescent, Stroud. And at approximately 2am on October 22 a black Subaru Forester was stolen from outside a house in France Lynch, Stroud after the property was broken into and the keys taken.
