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Thieves break into shop to drink beer, not steal cash
A group of burglars recently broke into a shop simply to drink beer, but neglected to make off with any cash from the venue.
The store, based in Tiruttani in India’s Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district, had been locked by supervisors on Saturday night, but when staff returned on Sunday they found evidence of people having drilled through the wall to enter the premises.
According to local reports, the money that was being kept in the shop and housed in stacked iron boxes had been completely left untouched with the thieves choosing to consume the alcohol available instead.
Much to the shop owner’s surprise, the money in iron boxes inside the shop had been ignored with the miscreants favouring the beer instead and leaving just a collection of empty bottles behind from their night time escapade.
Shops in the area were speculated to keep around Rs 3 lakh in cash in the iron boxes on each of the premises, which is reportedly close to approximately US$3.5k.
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The police who arrived at the scene found that all cash had been left untouched and was completely as it had been left, with only bottles scattered around the store.
India has recently been at the centre of debate since a beer drought was considered to be imminent until UBL lifted its suspension of Kingfisher beer sales.
Despite the challenges, India still remains a key market for growth within the beer sector as the category’s appeal rises among consumers and is beginning to exceed the popularity of whisky.
Taking a deeper dive into the trend, last year db looked more closely at 10 of India’s hottest beer brands to drill down into what was really gaining traction in the marketplace and attracting consumers.
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