An off-licence in Ashtead was ram-raided in the early hours of this morning just over a week after another shop in the chain in Banstead suffered the same fate.

UPDATED: Serial ram-raider? Cheap booze stolen in second ram-raid attack on off-licence chain

A car crashed through the front door of Hartleys in Craddocks Avenue, Ashtead at around 4.30am this morning.

November 25: Thief ram-raids Banstead high street shop with Porsche Cayenne for a "few bottles of champagne"

A fire crew from Epsom fre station were called to the shop just after 4.30am.

A spokesman from Epsom fire station said: "We were there to make it safe because the door was in an unsafe position.

"The front of the shop was damaged."

November 24: Grand theft auto: Thief uses Porsche Cayenne to ram-raid off-licence - then does a celebration lap of Banstead High Street

Another Hartleys store in High Street, Banstead, was burgled on Monday, November 23 by a thief who stole a £60,000 Porsche Cayenne, smashed the car through the front door, and made off with "a few bottles of champagne".

It is not yet known if police are linking the two.

More to follow.

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