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Cash taken in Telford Co-op raid, police reveal

Police say cash was taken in an overnight raid on a Telford Co-op.

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Raiders struck at the Priorslee Co-op in the early hours of Saturday - May 17.

Those responsible appeared to have cut their way through the shutters on the premises.

The shop was shut on Saturday morning as a result of the incident, with the scene taped off and under police guard.

Now police have confirmed they are investigating, and that cash had been taken in the raid.

A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: "Enquiries are currently on-going after the Co-op in Priorslee was broken into in the early hours of Saturday (17 May) morning, and a quantity of cash was stolen from within the store."