Cash was left strewn on the pavement outside a Dundee newsagent after a break-in.
MS News at Campfield Square in Barnhill was cordoned off after it was targeted just before 3am on Tuesday.
The front of the shop was smashed up and a cash register and money were discarded near the front door.
It came just months after vapes and cigarettes were stolen from MS News during another break-in.
Latest break-in at MS News in Barnhill ‘soul-destroying’
Owner Samar Hayat told The Courier: “It is soul-destroying that this has happened again.
“From what we know so far, one till drawer has been taken and the other was left outside the shop.
“Looking at CCTV footage, only one person appears to have been involved.
“The trouble we have now is that we need to speak with the till operators about getting a replacement before we can reopen.
“I’m hoping to reopen later today or tomorrow but I won’t know for certain until we get the tills sorted.”
One shopper told The Courier: “It’s absolutely a shame.
“I feel really, really sorry for them.
“This has been happening to them for years.
“We haven’t got enough police who know the area, know the kids in the area.
“Last time it happened that shop was left empty for ages and (the owners) focused on their other shop.
“It’s a huge shame.”
A nearby resident said: “We didn’t see anything but the shop looks like it’s been broken into again.
“It’s happened before.
“I’m not sure what time police arrived but they were definitely here before 7am.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2.50am on Tuesday, we received a report of a break-in to a premises on Campfield Square, Broughty Ferry.
“Inquiries are ongoing.”
