
Deming Police Detective Sargent Alex Valdespino said employees arrived just after 7 a.m. Thursday at Sun Valley True Value, 1700 South Columbus Road, to find the glass on the front door broken and welders and power tools taken.
The store was secured at closing time Wednesday, listed as 6 p.m.
Valdespino said store officials were taking an inventory to determine the extent of the loss.
He added that officers were working on obtaining video surveillance and gathering evidence at the store.
Anyone with information on the burglary is encouraged to call the Deming Police Department at 546-3011, use TipSoft by anonymously submitting information via text to LUNATIP at CRIMES – or 274637, or call Crime Stoppers at 546-7800.