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A Māngere supermarket had at least $20,000 of damage in an overnight ram raid with offenders making off with beer and cigarettes.��

Police responded to reports of the burglary on Raglan St, at around 2.45am this morning.��

In a statement, a police spokesperson said a vehicle was used to gain entry to the building.��

“Offenders took property, before fleeing in a different vehicle.��

“Police initiated a short pursuit before abandoning due to the offenders’ dangerous manner of driving.”��

The vehicle later crashed into a fence in Treagon Place, Papatoetoe.��

The offenders used a 4WD vehicle to access the rear of the building. Photo / Hayden Woodward��

Both vehicles have since been towed and will undergo a forensic examination.��

The store owner Aman Bains said it would take them weeks to get back to normal.��

“They drove the four-wheel drive through the electric fence, then a steel shutter door, and then a concrete wall to gain entry to the store,” he said.��

“All they took were three boxes of beer and cigarettes.��

“But for three boxes of beer they have done easily, at the least, $20,000 worth of damage.”��

He said the electric fence poles will more than likely need to be cut down and replaced with new ones.��

“We need to get a builder involved with the shutter door, it’s likely a structural issue and they have knocked down a concrete wall inside the building.��

The offenders took three boxes of cigarettes during the ram raid. Photo / Hayden Woodward��

“In terms of inside, they have knocked out a small kitchen for the staff and, in doing so, and have damaged the water and power supply to the store.”��

Bains said it was when, not if, such an incident was going to happen.��

“It’s quite frustrating because there are no consequences for these guys and they will keep doing it.”��

The number of ram raids is falling, according to police data highlighted by Labour last week after National Party leader Christopher Luxon claimed there were two ram raids per day.��

Labour police spokeswoman Ginny Andersen said there had been a����in ram raids from their peak of 116 a month in August 2022.��