Thieves steal CCTV, till, and drug safe from new bar on its opening weekend
Thieves broke into Platform Bar on Sunday morning after it opened for the first time on Friday
Connor LynchReporter
Kash Pungi, owner of Platform with Paul Hussey, maintenance, after a break in at the club in Cleethorpes where thieves stole the CCTV system, the till, and drug box (Image: Jon Corken/Grimsby Live)
Thieves have broken into a new bar in Cleethorpes, stealing the CCTV system, till and drug safe just days after it first opened.
Humberside Police were called to Platform Bar on Sunday morning after receiving reports that cash and equipment had been stolen from the premises following a break-in.
The thieves are believed to have broken in through the back door of the bar, in the early hours of the morning, before breaking the alarm system, stealing the CCTV and cameras, the till and the drug safe.
Owner Kash Pungi said that he has been left "very disheartened" by the break-in, and has had to close his neighbouring Legends Pizza Restaurant temporarily, because staff were needed from there to help make repairs to the bar.
The new Platform bar was broken into days after it first opened in Cleethorpes (Image: Jon Corken/Grimsby Live)
He said: "It was very disheartening to come in on Sunday and find that people have broken into the bar and helped themselves to everything.
"They have broken the alarm, stole the till and the drug safe and have also made off with all of our CCTV.
"It looks like they have broken in through the back door, which has been badly damaged.
"It is sad that I have had to close my other businesses and pull staff away from their families so that we can fix the bar up again, but luckily they have all been brilliant and were more than happy to help."
Kash says that it is a shame that this incident has happened so soon after the bar opened on Friday night, as there had been a very good response to it.
He said: "We opened for the first time on Friday night and there was a really good response to the venue.
The new bar opened on Friday next to the Train Station in Cleethorpes, inside the former Barcelona Nightclub (Image: Rick Byrne / GrimsbyLive)
"People were coming in and having a nice relaxed time, and there were some people who bought one drink and stayed for hours having a chat and relaxing, which is exactly what we were hoping to see, we want this place to be somewhere you can just come and chill out for a bit."
A Humberside Police spokesperson said: "We are investigating a burglary at a bar on Station Approach in Cleethorpes .
"A quantity of cash was stolen and damage was caused to a door as intruders broke into the premises between midnight and 6pm on Sunday, December 1.
"Anyone with information about this incident can call us on the non-emergency number 101 quoting reference 16/130943/19."
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