11 Oct 2022

Vape store ram raided in Christchurch

12:18 pm on 11 October 2022
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Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

A vape store in Christchurch has been left with a big clean up after being hit by a ram raid overnight.

Police said it reported to an incident in the suburb of Addington shortly after 2.30am this morning.

A spokesperson said the offenders drove off and are yet to be located.

Staff at Hukka Addington on Lincoln Road said they did not know how many dollars worth of damage had been done, but many vaping products had been taken.

Manager Rishabh Bhabeja said the incident had left him with a bad feeling and the clean up was going to take a long time.

Two businesses in Yaldhurst and Merivale, including a jewellery store were targeted by ram raiders, on the same night a fortnight ago.

Three people brandishing hammers robbed a Papanui Road jewellery store in Merivale. Two people have since been arrested for the jewellery store smash-and-grab.