Raj Korikanti woke up around 4.30am today to find a light coloured ute rammed into his milk bar.
The thieves, dressed in hoodies, had smashed their car through his store in the early hours of Friday and had entered the store through the broken door to steal cigarettes.
It was the second attack on him in recent times. He was attacked with a machete a few weeks ago.
“I heard the noise and I got up and tried to see them but they ran. They opened the cigarette cases and maybe grabbed a couple of packets but that’s all,” Mr Korikanti told Geelong Advertiser.
“It’s scary. Ninety per cent of customers are nice, it’s only 10 per cent who are bad and show up drunk or ask for money,” he added.
The offenders were captured on CCTV where the footage clearly shows how the façade of the store has crashed damaging the windows and an air-conditioning unit.
A milk bar targeted in several robberies, today had their shop front smashed in by a ute staging a bold break in. https://t.co/gputdpN69o — 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) April 22, 2016
With tears in his eyes, Mr Korikanti said enough was enough.
Raj Korikanti claimed that the crime had escalated in past six months leaving the locals uneasy.
Geelong detectives are investigating.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
