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Police appeal in effort to solve Plymouth tobacco break-in

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Police are this week appealing for witnesses after a Premier store in Plymouth was burgled. The thieves broke into the store on Charlotte Street, Devonport, between 4.30am and 5.30am on 20 January and stole about £10,000-worth of tobacco. Devon & Cornwall police is appealing for…

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