CIGARETTES and alcohol worth around £300 were stolen in a raid on a Spar store in the early hours of today.

Police on patrol saw the raiders leaving the store on Borsdane Avenue, Hindley, and the police helicopter was brought in to help track a Ford Sierra later found abandoned. Two young men are detained by police.

Anyone who saw the car or saw it abandoned should contact Crimestoppers or Leigh CID on 0161 8567245.

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