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Less than three months after Millwater shop The Goldsmith was ram-raided, the jewellery store was again targeted by thieves last week.
Jeweller Geoff Morris had just returned from a break to visit family when he was woken in the early hours of Monday, June 21 with the news that raiders had smashed through the shop door glass and stolen a small amount of his handmade jewellery.
Shortly afterwards, Police stopped two stolen vehicles heading south on State Highway 1 and five occupants were taken into custody.
“Those allegedly involved have been charged in relation to burglary and unlawfully getting into a stolen vehicle,” a Police spokesman said.
Geoff’s partner, Kathy Malcolm, said although the damage to the shop was not as extensive as the first raid, and the stolen jewellery had been recovered, it was hard to deal with another break-in.
“It’s actually really stressful,” she said. “Each time, it costs us thousands of dollars. It’s hard, but we’ll try to hang in there.”
