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$30K stolen from Flushing supermarket

By Chris Fuchs

The Sea King Supermarket in Flushing had been open for only two weeks when it was robbed.

Sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, one or more burglars carved out a square in the roof of the building, shinned down the passageway and broke into a safe in the basement, stealing nearly $30,000 in cash, said Charles Larkin, a police spokesman.

The owner of the supermarket, an Asian specialty store at 144-50 Northern Blvd. that recently replaced C Town, came to work at 8 a.m. Monday and found the basement door open, said Jimmy Hong, the owner of the supermarket