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La Brea police are searching for a thief who removed part of a wooden wall to break into a house in La Brea and stole a quantity of snacks and cigarettes.

The victim, a 40-year-old woman from Queen Street, reported that she secured her home and shop – operated from her kitchen – around 5 pm on June 20, locking all windows and doors before leaving.

She returned at about 11.30 am the next day and discovered that snacks and two packs of cigarettes, together valued at $300, were missing from her kitchen.