This is the moment a number of masked burglars broke into business premises in Co Derry during the early hours of Monday morning and stole equipment worth thousands.
Equipment worth around £8,000 was stolen from J3 Belts and Bearings in Maghera on August 1 at around 3am. The CCTV footage has now been passed to the police, who are investigating.
Sharing the footage online in hope that the culprits could be identified, the business said: "Today at J3 we were supposed to be celebrating two years in business.
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"Instead at 3:12am this morning these fellows put a dampener on celebrations, relieving us of a substantial amount's worth of both Milwaukee power tools and Teng Socket sets.
"Can everyone please listen carefully to the video below, take notice of their voices, build and stance. We are only a young business, that is already finding it hard to get up on our feet without low lives like this. A Husqvarna 365 Chainsaw and K760 Con Saw were also stolen from MFL Plant Machinery."
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the PSNI said: "Police received a report of a burglary in the Glen Road area of Maghera shortly before 3.20am on Monday 1st August.
"It was reported that three males wearing masks and gloves entered a premises in the area at around 2am. A number of tools and cash were stolen during the burglary.
"Enquiries are ongoing to establish what happened and anyone with information, or who saw any suspicious activity in the area between 2am and 3.30am, is asked to call police on 101, quoting reference number 222 of 01/08/22.
"Alternatively, you can submit a report online using our non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/. You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/."
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