The owners of Zest Cafe estimate they lost $8000 worth of goods in the burglary shortly before Christmas. Video / Zest Cafe
Thieves broke into Gisborne’s Zest Cafe, stealing $8000 of goods from the chiller.
Security footage shows three disguised men and a woman involved in the burglary.
Police are investigating the incident, which marks the second chiller theft at the cafe.
It will be a tougher Christmas for the family who operate Gisborne’s Zest Cafe after thieves broke into their chiller on Monday night.
The loss of half of the chiller’s contents at about 10pm marks the second time the cafe on Peel Street has been targeted by such a burglary.
Security camera footage shared by Zest Cafe on social media shows three people removing the chiller door at the rear of the cafe from its hinges, wrecking it in the process.
One attempts to pull a fixed umbrella nearby out of the ground
About 20 minutes after they first appeared, they bring in a trolley. After piling goods inside, they take it away, along with boxes carried in their arms.
Finally, some people approach the chiller again with a trolley at about 3.25am but quickly run away.
“They got inside to steal the meat we had stored there, along with drinks and vegetables,” said Ramesh Krishnappa, the cafe proprietor.
“We have CCTV footage showing three disguised men doing the burglary and later a woman came to take items as well.”
