The store manager of a vape store in central Christchurch is this morning sweeping up glass after his shop was targeted in a break-in and burglary - a month after it had opened.
Police confirmed four youths wearing balaclavas smashed their way into the Hukka Vape Shop on Wise St, Addington just after 2am this morning.
Manager Rishabh Bhateja said he got a call from his alarm company - alerting him to the break-in in the early hours of the morning. He arrived at his store to find a number of people were already at the scene, including police.
He has been at his store since 2.30am, sweeping up glass and reviewing the damage. CCTV footage from his shop showed the group of young people busting through internal cabinets, grabbing hundreds of dollars of vape products in less than a minute.