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Ram-raiders steal cash machine in JCB 'smash and grab' Ram-raiders steal cash machine in JCB 'smash and grab'
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Thieves used a JCB to smash into the front of a convenience store and remove a cash machine in an early-morning raid. Thieves used a JCB to smash into the front of a convenience store during a cash machine raid in Derbyshire.
The raiders targeted the Midlands Co-operative Food shop on Chesterfield Road in Duckmanton at 04:00 BST. The raiders targeted the Midlands Co-operative Food shop on Chesterfield Road in Duckmanton at about 04:00 BST.
A Derbyshire Police spokesman said: "A JCB was used to smash into the wall of the Co-op and steal the ATM." The owner of nearby business WB Motors, Ian Womack, said the raiders had torn down the entire front of the shop.
The thieves fled the scene in another vehicle and police are appealing for witnesses to contact them. Mr Womack said: "It looks like they devastated the property to be fair - the whole front has fallen down and all the shutters are destroyed."
Police said several vehicles were involved, but they were "still trying to piece together exactly what happened". CCTV hope
He said: "There's a large piece of machinery - a JCB - was taken from a building site around the corner - and half the shop front has been pulled down by the JCB to take out the cash machine.
"It will be weeks before it is sorted out. It was not just the cash machine that was stolen - the whole front wall was pulled out."
Mr Womack said the Co-op shop was cordoned off by police when he arrived at work, adding that CCTV images from his forecourt "would probably identify the culprits".
He said an abandoned vehicle found nearby would also provide "some interesting evidence".
The culprits fled the scene in a white Vauxhall van and police are appealing for witnesses to contact them.
The cash machine and van were found later by officers near Buttermilk Lane, police said.
A police spokesman said several vehicles were involved, but officers were "still trying to piece together exactly what happened".