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Thieves have used a stolen car to smash their way into a Sunshine Coast business on Monday morning.

Police were called to a service station on Arthur Street, Caloundra, at about 2.05am, following reports a white Hyundai IX35 had reversed into the front doors.

Two people entered the business and stole tobacco products before driving away in the Hyundai, which is believed to have been stolen from the garage of a property at Solandra Circuit, in the Logan suburb of Regents Park, on March 22.

Anyone with information or camera vision in the Caloundra area around the time of the break in is urged to contact police.

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