Raiders ransack Tesco store

Police are investigating after thieves ransacked a supermarket in Ashton.
The burglars smashed the windows of Tesco Express with a crowbar and tried to break into the tills and cigarette counter at about 2.30am on Thursday morning.
The thieves were not able to get into the tills and made off with just a quantity of cigarettes, possibly being forced out of the store by a security device that lets off a large amount of smoke.
Fire crews were first on the scene after the smoke cloak, which is intended to get rid of thieves quickly, filled the shop with smoke, setting off the alarm.
After the crews arrived at the shop on Bolton Road, they alerted the police to the break-in, but the raiders had already made their get away. According to reports, the shop had been totally ransacked, shutters had been pulled down and displays had been smashed up.
It is not known at this stage how many people were involved in the robbery.