THIEVES caused flooding after ripping out two boilers from a flat in Jaywick.
Crooks targeted premises above an empty shop in Meadow Way, near the junction of Broadway, overnight on Sunday.
Det Con Bernadette Lord, of Clacton CID, said: "The removal of these combi boilers caused substantial water damage to the flat and the shop below.”
Police have appealed for information.
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