A North East has been reunited with £3,000 worth of stock after the business was burgled.

Officers were called to a report of a burglary at Blyth Nail Spa in the town’s Regent Street last Thursday afternoon.

Following an investigation by police, they were alerted to a 43-year-old man from the area who had been seen with a number of acrylic nail sets.

Officers soon carried out a strike at an address and subsequently located a haul of suspected stolen goods.

Two men, both aged 43, were subsequently arrested in connection with the thefts, as well as a number of shoplifting offences at different premises.

They have both since been charged and are due to attend court in December.

Last week the business owner met with police to offer a thank you and police were keen to stress that the result was a team effort between the victim, local community and officers.

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A spokesperson for Northumbria Police said: “The public are our eyes and ears, and upon receiving intelligence about a man who had been seen with a number of nail sets in the area, we quickly honed in on our targets and were able to make two arrests.

“Burglary is such an intrusive crime and a theft of that value to a small family run business is just devastating.

“That’s why we will always seek to bring effective justice against perpetrators and ensure anyone believed to be responsible has their day in court.”

They added: “Our officers are very much a part of the Blyth community and it’s thanks to the excellent relationship we have the vast majority of hard-working residents in this town that vital information was fed back to us in record time, allowing us to act quickly.”

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