A 25-year-old Cwmbran man appeared at Newport magistrates, last Friday charged with burglary and possession of a weapon.
Rick Samual, of 40 The Crescent, Cwmbran, is alleged to have carried a gas blow torch into a jewellers.
The incident is said to have happened at H Samuels in Cwmbran last Wednesday.
Samual has been remanded in custody and will appear before Newport crown court in February next year.
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