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Thieves steal mouthwash worth £25,000 in Lincolnshire raid

Humberside Police Two men using an angle grinder to cut through a locked gateHumberside Police
Thieves cut through a locked compound in Stallingborough using an angle grinder

Thieves who made a clean getaway after stealing more than £25,000 worth of mouthwash and chewing gum are being sought by police.

The trio took a haulage container filled with 48 pallets of the dental products in a raid on a locked compound in Stallingborough, Lincolnshire.

CCTV footage shows two men breaking through a gate before driving away with their hygienic haul.

Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

Video of the raid, on 16 April, shows two men emerge from a truck driven by a third suspect.

They approach the gate before using an angle grinder to get through, and the tractor unit is then used to ram through an inner barrier.

It is later seen pulling out of the compound with the haulage container attached.

Det Con Wayne Martin, of Humberside Police, said the trailer, fitted with false plates, was found on Sheffield's Yarra industrial estate on 29 June without the container.

Humberside Police CCTV of lorry driving out of a compoundHumberside Police
The CCTV has been shown on the BBC Crimewatch programme as part of a police appeal

Of the two men visible on the footage, he said one, wearing a high-vis waistcoat "appears not to be able to use his right arm".

Those with information can also contact Crimestoppers.