RAMRAIDERS broke into a Canvey estate to escape with two lorries.
The crooks cut the wire fence at Piper Fuels, on the Charfleets Estate, and crept onto the site in the early hours of this morning.
They then used a truck found inside the site to smash open the gates.
A yellow Leyland Daff lorry and a white Leyland Daff lorry were then driven off through the gaping hole they had made.
Anyone with information is asked to call Canvey police on 0300 333 4444.
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