Raiders take £5,000 of cigarettes from Waitrose supermarket in Portswood

RAIDERS smashed their way into a Southampton supermarket in the early hours and stole cigarettes worth £5,000.

Police believe three men broke in the rear of the Waitrose store in Portswood Road before raiding the kiosk and filling large rubble type bags.

Details of the raid which took place on Wednesday, August 17, just before 5am, have just been released as police step up their inquiries.
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The trio are all about 6ft and were wearing hoodies and dark tracksuit bottoms.