Ram-raiders with JCB steal entire cashpoint in North Yorks

THIEVES used a JCB digger to smash a store front in North Yorkshire and steal an entire cashpoint today.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Jan 2012, 16:31 BST

The digger was used to take out the cash machine from the front of a Co-op store in Park Street, Masham, just before 3am, North Yorkshire police said.

The road was closed today as police carried out a forensic investigation.

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Police said: “A JCB has been used to knock out the cashpoint from the wall and that has been taken away from the scene by means of a flat back trailer.”

Officers are urging farmers and others in the area to keep an eye out for any “unusual” vehicles after the thieves made off with the ATM on a flat back trailer.

Anyone with relevant information is being urged to call North Yorkshire police on 101.