Overview
- Cleveland Police said a 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene and has been charged with burglary.
- Officers are searching for a second suspect linked to the break-in at Swift Mobiles on Linthorpe Road.
- Police said a black Ford C Max rammed the shop’s shutters, and CCTV shows an intruder smashing display cabinets inside.
- Owner Shehzad Iqbal estimates £15,000 to £20,000 in damage and expects the business to stay shut for two to three weeks while a structural engineer checks the building.
- After a prior raid at the site years ago, the owner plans to ask the council about installing bollards to stop vehicles from hitting the storefront.