<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>329698</docID> <postdate>2024-09-25 10:12:44</postdate> <headline>Woman arrested over tobacconist burglary</headline> <body><p><strong>A tobacconist at the Franklin shops was robbed of cigarettes by two women and a man driving a stolen car last week.</strong></p> <p>At about 2am on September 17, police allege the trio drove a white Kia SUV, which had been reported stolen, to the shop on Clare Burton Close, where the man used a crowbar to gain entry. Police say CCTV shows all three entering the store and stealing cigarettes.</p> <p>Two days later, a police patrol in Narrabundah spotted the white Kia, but the driver took off. The vehicle was found alight on Parkes Way a short time later.</p> <p>Following enquiries and analysis of CCTV from the business, police spoke to a 30-year-old woman and conducted a search of her home in Narrabundah.</p> <p>Police say they located clothes that matched the CCTV footage and other items believed to be stolen property from a separate reported burglary.</p> <p>The woman was arrested and faces charges of intent to commit theft in joint commission, joint commission of theft, riding in a motor vehicle without consent, unlawful possession of stolen property and breaching a good behaviour order.</p> <p> </p> </body>