Restaurant tills ransacked and tips stolen during Portstewart burglary

A restaurant in Portstewart has had two tills ‘ransacked’ during a reported burglary.

The incident happened in the Portmore Road area on March 3rd at around 4.30am.

It was reported that two male suspects gained entry through the rear fire door of a licenced premises, but the alarm did not sound.

Two tills were ransacked and money was taken from each, including staff tips located in a jar that had been left beside one of the tills.

Sergeant Moody said: “The suspects have then made off on foot, likely into a nearby car park where they would have had a parked vehicle or have been picked up by an accomplice.

“We are currently investigating several lines of enquiry to try and identify the suspects, however at this time, we are not ruling out a possible link to a recent spate of burglaries in the area over the last few weeks.

“I am appealing to anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious in the area or to anyone with CCTV, dashcam or other footage that could assist our investigation, to contact officers on 101 quoting reference number 529 of 03/03/24”.

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