A BUSINESS owner who has been broken into three times in the last four weeks said he’s concerned over his company’s future.

Salim Ridha, who has run A to Z Catering Equipment in Blackburn for 19 years, has been bombarded by thieves.

Mr Ridha captured the moment two men broke into his Shadsworth Road-based business and tried to steal catering equipment parts on Monday.

This comes after a Union flag and an English flag, which stood at the main entrance, were stolen three weeks ago.

After being replaced, the flags were stolen again on Saturday.

Mr Ridha, originally from Bangladesh, said scaffolding was stolen and damage was caused to his stock.

He said: “It’s so frustrating how people can just think they can break into someone else’s business and steal things.

“They cut the barbed wire in the far corner and made their way in.

“They started breaking things up and trying to get to the components inside the refrigerators, they even found a trolley and tried to load things onto it.

“I’m terribly concerned its going to happen again. If it does and lots of things are taken we’d have to think about closing down, I’m worried about what might happen next.”

This was not the first time Mr Ridha had been broken into.

In 2011 he, along with manager Mahmoud Hawa and employee Azad Khader-Poor, were robbed at knifepoint while they were locking up for the day.

The staff were ordered to lie on the floor as the men grabbed thousands of pounds in takings.

The gang escaped but the workers leapt into action giving chase and brandishing kebab skewers.

At the time police said they believed the raid was a ‘planned attack.’

Mr Ridha said: “We’re not sure how much the damage and thefts would have cost, but it’s beside the point, this sort of thing shouldn’t be happening.

“I would urge anyone who knows anything about this to get in touch with the police immediately.

“We have lots of CCTV cameras and we hope the police can find them and they can be brought to justice

A police spokesman said no arrests had yet been made.

Anyone with information can contact the police on 101 and quote LC-20180618-1016.