England international takes aim at 'a bunch of low life' burglars who robbed his London home - with ex-Premier League star now playing abroad
Abraham, who now plays for Besiktas in Turkey, posted on his Instagram story to share shocking footage of the burglary and appealed for information.
Clearly shaken, he also told his followers that some valuables were taken.
'A bunch of low lifes came to burgle my home couple days ago and took some valuables,' Abraham captioned the video. 'Thank God my family are all OK.
'If anyone knows or heard any info, please let me know. I will find out soon.'
He then clarified the incident took place at his property in London, rather than Turkey.
The footage appeared to show three masked individuals moving around the garden.
Abraham was seemingly able to watch the break-in via an app, which alerted him to the fact that there were people detected inside the property at just after 3am BST.
At one point, two of the intruders dragged away a heavy white object.
England international Abraham joined Besiktas from Roma earlier this month, initially moving on a season-long loan which will become permanent if conditions are met.
He had returned to Serie A giants Roma after spending the last campaign on loan with AC Milan, scoring 10 goals as they finished in eighth place.
Abraham began his senior career at Chelsea and went on to make 82 appearances in total, scoring 30 goals.
He spent spells on loan at Bristol City, Swansea City and Aston Villa before joining Roma in a £34million deal in the summer of 2021.
He won the Europa Conference League under Jose Mourinho in 2022 and scored 37 goals in his 120 appearances for the club, before moving to Besiktas.
To date, he has been capped 11 times by the Three Lions, scoring three goals. However, his last international appearance came against Italy in June 2022.
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