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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 filling station store during a cash machine raid in Derbyshire. | |
The raiders targeted the Central England Co-operative property on Chesterfield Road in Duckmanton at about 04:00 BST. | |
The owner of nearby business WB Motors, Ian Womack, said the raiders had torn down the front of the shop. | |
Mr Womack said: "It looks like they devastated the property to be fair - the whole front has fallen down." | |
CCTV hope | 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. | 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." | "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 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". | He said an abandoned vehicle found nearby would also provide "some interesting evidence". |
A Co-op spokesman said: "While the building is structurally sound, at present we cannot say when we will be able to open the store again for trading." | |
The culprits fled the scene in a white Vauxhall van and police are appealing for witnesses to contact them. | 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. | 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". | A police spokesman said several vehicles were involved, but officers were "still trying to piece together exactly what happened". |