£6,000 worth of 'electronic equipment' stolen from Currys PC World store in Preston

Police were called to a report of a break in at the Currys PC World store on Blackpool Road after the alarm was triggered at around 3am on Thursday, April 23.

Officers discovered that stock worth upwards of £6,000 had been stolen from the retailer when they arrived.

The offenders are thought to have gained entry into the warehouse area of the unit via the back of the building.

PC Thomas Rettie of Lancashire Police said: “We would appeal to anyone who has been approached to buy any electronic equipment in the past week or anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area around Currys PC World at the time of the break in or in the hours leading up to it to please get in touch.”

Some of the stolen equipment, including laptops, speakers, microphones and headphones, have since been recovered after they were found in a nearby wheelie bin.

However, several items are still thought to be outstanding.

Anyone with information should contact police by calling 101 or emailing [email protected], quoting log number 0181 of April 23.

Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via https://crimestoppers-uk.org/