N.B. RCMP investigating attempted theft from grocery store replacing one destroyed by fire

New Brunswick RCMP are asking for the public’s help in its investigation of an attempted theft at a grocery store in Minto, New Brunswick.

According to police, officers were called to a break-in at the temporary Foodland grocery store location on Main Street.

Their investigation found that thieves had attempted to remove a safe by cutting through the floor, but they were unsuccessful.

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No other items were taken.

The temporary Minto Foodland is supposed to serve as a stop-gap after the small town’s only grocery store was destroyed in a fire in June.

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Fire departments from as far away as Fredericton were called to the scene to battle the flames.

RCMP are asking anyone with information on the thefts to contact them at (506) 327-1820.