The heritage shop had recently undergone extensive expansion and renovation by local builder Stephen Orford, who had thoughtfully reinforced the wood panelled street frontage with 100mm steel supports.

Senior Constable Richard Pearce would be interested to speak to any person with information about the incident, as there were people up and about at the time.

This incident follows a series of break-ins at commercial premises in Braidwood the previous Friday morning. Burglars broke into the Braidwood sawmill, and the local bakery before ransacking an office at Tegra concrete.