Cigarettes and beer were stolen in a smash-and-grab raid on a shop in Elstree High Street early on Tuesday

Thieves used a brick to smashed a £150 window at the front of Fred's Newsagent before climbing in to take the goods. The raid set off the shop alarm which alerted the 45-year-old shopkeeper.

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