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Thieves Rob WaHi Deli by Breaking Through its Wall, NYPD Says

By Aidan Gardiner | February 26, 2014 7:58am
 A group of four men stole cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets, police said.
A group of four men stole cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets, police said.
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MANHATTAN — Four men broke through a wall of a Washington Heights deli to steal cash, cigarettes and lotto tickets on Monday, police said.

The crew entered a construction site beside 177 Wadsworth Ave., near 182nd Street, and bore through the side wall about 1:30 a.m., the NYPD said.

They ran off with money from cash registers and an ATM machine, cigarettes and scratch off lottery tickets, police said.

In January, thieves tried to pull a similar style heist up in Inwood but ran off empty-handed when their digging efforts triggered the supermarket's alarms.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).