Saint Johns Butchery manager Dave Clark said the fruit and vegetable shop next door was ram-raided first.
"We had five teenagers involved, they have smashed a large glass panel to gain entry, which is a quarter of the size of the shop," Clark said.
"Three of them entered the shop looking for cash, one was holding a sizeable knife.
"The other offender took a heap of ice cream, that was the only thing stolen from the shop."
Plausible deniability when the ice-cream has been eaten, everything else though...
Meanwhile, they know they can get away with it. That is the only reason why these things happen while the Beehive remains soft on crime.