Shop hit by sixth raid in nine months

?Thieves smashed the shutters of a Wolverhampton shop and stole £400 worth of alcohol today - the sixth raid there in nine months.

Raiders struck at Samra Supermarket in Dudley Road, Blakenhall, at 2.30am today.

Harjinder Samra, aged 33 whose family has run the shop since 1981, said: "This is the sixth break-in since the beginning of March. Previously they have taken around £1,000 worth of cigarettes on each occasion but we have now moved that stock overnight.

They threw the cash register across the store in frustration because they could not find any this time.

"I feel like shutting up shop. It cannot go on like this."

It emerged last week that 11 shops in the Dudley Road area had been burgled since September.

Dal Uppal from nearby Uppal Sweet Centre added: "I have had four raids or attempted break-ins recently. The whole thing has got completely out of control."

West Midland Police spokesman Lee Page said officers were investigating.