A Castle Road pharmacy has spoken of its frustration after being broken into overnight, with the burglars believed to have targeted charity collection boxes.
Kidman’s Pharmacy on Castle Road was one of two town businesses hit in the early hours between Tuesday, 2 December and Wednesday, 3 December, along with Santaniello’s Pizzeria in Newnham Street.
A spokesperson for Kidman’s Pharmacy posted on Facebook, “Yes, we’ve been broken into again. As well as Santaniello’s Pizzeria over on [Newnham Street].
“Nothing much seems to have been stolen from the shop, [they] seem to have only targeted the charity boxes.”
The pharmacy remained off limits to the general public until Wednesday afternoon (3 December), while staff and police dealt with the aftermath.
Arrest
Bedfordshire Police confirmed that a man in his 30s was arrested shortly after 3am on 3 December near the scene of the burglary at Santaniello’s Newnham Street.
He has since been charged and remanded in connection with that incident.
An investigation is ongoing into the second burglary at a business in Castle Road, believed to have occurred between 1.40am and 1.55am on Wednesday.
Officers are now appealing for information, including any CCTV or dashcam footage from the area around that time.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at beds.police.uk/ro/report or call 101, quoting reference 40/69400/25.
