Ram raiders drive Range Rover into shop and flee with bags full of jewellery

Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery was stolen in the raid (Picture: UKNIP)

Ram raiders smashed through the doors of a jewellers and plundered luxury items worth tens of thousands of pounds in a robbery on the Eve of Black Friday. 

The thieves rammed Fleur jewellers in Walton-on-Thames High Street in a silver Range Rover before plundering shelves and escaping in a getaway car parked nearby. 

The raid on independent jewellers left the shop facade smashed with broken glass strewn across the floor. 

The owner was clearing up debris inside the shop on Friday morning but declined to comment on the robbery. 

Police remained at the scene in Walton-on-Thames today (Picture: UKNIP)

Thieves smashed a Range Rover into the shop in the early hours of the morning (Picture: UKNIP)

Police are investigating the robbery (Picture: UKNIP)

Locals said masked men stormed the shop before running from the shop with bags full of jewellery. 

The jewellers is a well loved local independent business and customers took to social media to show their shock and support.

Tony Pegler, the shop’s window cleaner, told Metro: ‘I’m so sorry to hear about what happened to the shop.

‘It’s hard enough to run a high street shop in this day and age. 

‘The lady who runs it is really nice.’

One wrote: ‘This is awful. I feel very sad for the lady whose shop it is.’

Another told Metro at the scene: ‘They are really nice people and this is a very close knit community.

‘I got my engagement ring from there. I can’t believe they have done this. It’s awful and very dangerous.’

Police were last night examining the Range Rover and trawling for CCTV footage of the raid. 

A police cordon remains around the shop. 

Fleur specialises in wedding and engagement rings. 

The thieves targeted more expensive items in glass cabinets in the centre of the shop. 

Surrey Police have been contacted for further comment.

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