Burglars blow-torch grillwork at Linden businessman's house

•  steal over $500,000, shotgun

Burglars carted off an estimated $1M in cash and articles last Wednesday after using a blowtorch to cut through grillwork at a Linden businessman's home.

Fahad Alli, 35, and his wife reportedly awoke at around 04:00hrs to find that someone had broken into their home, located at Fair's Rust, Linden .

Missing from the home was $496,000; half an ounce of raw gold; over $103,000 in jewellery; a shotgun and 20 cartridges.

According to reports, the men gained entry to the two-storey building by cutting through grillwork at a window in the bottom flat.

The couple slept through the entire robbery.

Saturday 10-22-2005