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Thief uses truck to tear off door of warehouse in smash and grab

CALGARY – Another nasty break in at a business in Northeast Calgary.

This time it was at a watch warehouse on 32 Avenue that was targeted Saturday morning.

READ MORE: Police probe more than 40 northeast Calgary break-and-enters

Police were called to the scene around 4:30 a.m. and say a security company was first alerted to a break and enter.
Police say it appears an older style truck was used in the break-in.
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In the store’s surveillance video, the culprit can be seen tearing the door right off the building, using a chain and a truck.

The video also captures the thief running through flying glass as he scoops up watches and smashes display cases.

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the whole event only takes about two and a half minutes.

The owner of the watch warehouse says even though he had all the necessary security, there was no stopping the thief.

“It’s really bad that we are having all these break-ins. Even though you have all the protection, you have the alarm system you have the camera you have all these bars on the doors but still they get away with it,” said

“The only thing now I have left is to maybe put the roll shutters in. But they say they can break those too.  They just go from underneath and pull it out.
We’ve even got rods in front so that they cannot drive the truck in. He did everything by himself. The only accessory he had was this guy that disconnected the truck from the chain.”

Security camera footage also shows the suspect is a white male, with a blue jacket, wearing a hood over his head, and blue jeans.

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