Two members of a well-equipped burglary gang were jailed for a smash-and-grab raid at a remote Co-op store.
John Fish, 37, of Carden Road, Tyersal, Bradford, was imprisoned for three years. Anthony Farrer, 38, of Ramsden Avenue, Scholemoor, Bradford, was locked up for 27 months.
Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday the men were each released from eight-year prison terms in 2010 for their roles in a ram-raid gang that plundered cash machines.
Both admitted stealing cigarettes valued at £9,000 from the Co-op in Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, on April 3, 2012. Fish also pleaded guilty to raiding the Co-op in Meltham, near Huddersfield, on March 22, 2012, and stealing £11,495 of cigarettes.
Prosecutor Ken Green said the men were arrested after police pursued their car from the Slaithwaite shop. A burglars’ kit of jemmys and screwdrivers was found in the car.
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