article_snippet.sent: A gang of armed robbers used pink umbrellas to hide A gang of armed robbers as A gang of armed robbers stole £145,000 from 13 shops in a two-month crime spree.
article_snippet.sent: The brolly-clad thieves targeted supermarkets, convenience stores and electrical shops, swiping £2,000 worth of cigarettes and cars valued at £30,000 in the process.
article_snippet.sent: CCTV footage from one of the raids in Tipton, West Midlands, shows the gang using umbrellas to conceal their entrance as their burst into a supermarket, where their stole cash from the offices.
article_snippet.sent: Umbrella thieves: A gang of armed robbers used pink brollies to confuse staff as A gang of armed robbers raided 13 shops in a two-month crime spree in the West Midlands .
article_snippet.sent: In a separate raid, the men stole the store manager's Mercedes E200 which the men used as the men getaway car.
article_snippet.sent: Police caught Umbrella thieves: A gang of armed robbers used pink brollies to confuse staff as they raided 13 shops in a two-month crime spree in the West Midlands following a raid on an Asda supermarket in Coseley, West Midlands, where they were armed with hammers and what was reported to be a gun in a plastic bag.
article_snippet.sent: A gang of armed robbers also discovered numerous cash bags from a shop known as Farmfords, one of those targeted by the men, as well as £2,500 in cash.
article_snippet.sent: Officers even found the umbrella captured on CCTV in Evans luggage.
article_snippet.sent: these offences were carefully planned and the group went to great lengths to conceal these offences involvement, often using umbrellas as cover when walking from the street to the shops, so as not to draw attention to these offences face coverings. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Thieves raided supermarkets and electrical shops during 55-day spree .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Four-man gang used pink umbrellas for disguise and fled in getaway cars .
  