Published date: 09 December 2015 |
Published by: David HumphreysRead more articles by David Humphreys
BRAZEN thieves broke into a fruit machine and made off with cash from a pub while customers ate and drank around them.
A quantity of banknotes, the value of which is currently unknown, was taken from a machine at the Queens Head pub on Chester Road, Mold on Monday afternoon. North Wales Police confirmed two men were seen leaving the premises towards Pen Y Bont Farm on foot.
Pub manager Linda Power said: “They came in and ordered drinks as normal, aBudweiser and a Coke, then had a game of pool,” she added.
“They’ve then gone over to the fruit machine and opened it, taking the notes. It was the middle of the day.”
Ms Power, who has managed the pub for nearly three years, said customers were eating and drinking in view of the pair as they targeted the Gamestec Digital iPub fruit machine at around 4.10pm.
She added: “They must have been in no more than 10 or 15 minutes.
“I don’t know who they are but we’ve been told they operate in gangs around Christmas.
“They must have known what they were doing because it looks like they’ve used a key to open the side panel then got their hands in and grabbed the notes.
“They’ve obviously gone for the notes and left the coins because they would be too loud.
“I was quite surprised. It doesn’t make sense – even I haven’t got a key to the machine.
“They’ve got a cheek and audacity, especially when there were people right here.”
The pub manager confirmed CCTV footage of the fruit machine being broken into had been handed over to police and Gamestec had been informed.
A North Wales Police said officers were called to the pub at 4.50pm on Monday to reports of theft.
The men were described as wearing coats and navy trousers. One of them was tall, the other wore a hooded top.
Gamestec managers were not available for comment.
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