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'Unknown' whether thefts of cash machines linked

Richard PriceWest Midlands
News imageBBC The front of a supermarket, with extensive damage to an entrance foyer. There is a green bin on its side and debris from the damage. There is another green bin and signage on a wall to the right hand side of the image.BBC
There was extensive damage to the front of the store in Leek on Thursday

Police say they do not yet know whether thefts of two cash machines from supermarkets in Staffordshire are linked.

Officers were exploring all possibilities following incidents this month at stores in Leek and Kidsgrove, the Staffordshire force said.

At Asda on Springfield Road in Leek, a cash machine was removed using a telehandler in the early hours of Thursday.

On 9 January, a Co-op store on Cedar Avenue in Kidsgrove was left badly damaged in a similar incident.

News imageA police car parked in front of an Asda supermarket. There is extensive damage to the entrance foyer. Police tape and traffic cones are blocking the entrance to the supermarket's car park. A police officer and another person are talking, they are standing behind the police car.
This store was cordoned off following the theft

"It is unknown at this time if these incidents are linked but we are exploring all possibilities and lines of inquiry," a spokesperson for Staffordshire Police said.

After the events in Leek on Thursday, two Nissan pickup trucks were found burnt out on Tongue Lane in Brown Edge.

Police have urged anyone with information or video footage of either incident to contact them.

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