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Cash machine ripped out of Asda supermarket

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

A cash machine has been ripped out from a supermarket wall in an early morning raid by thieves.

Police officers were called to the Asda on Springfield Road in Leek, Staffordshire, at 01.20 GMT on Thursday.

The thieves removed the machine using a piece of plant machinery, before leaving in two Nissan pickup trucks.

All of the vehicles involved were reported as stolen earlier in the week, a police spokesperson added.

The Nissans were subsequently found burnt out on Tongue Lane, Brown Edge, at about 02.15.

News imageThe front of a supermarket, with extensive damage to an entrance foyer. There is a green totem at the front of the car park and a red telehandler located a few metres away from the entrance. The rest of the building appears undamaged.
A piece of plant machinery was used by the thieves to get away with the cash machine, police said

Officers were continuing to investigate and urged anyone who saw what happened or those with any video footage to contact them.

Asda has been contacted for a response.

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.
The supermarket was cordoned off following the raid

The theft follows a similar incident earlier this month in Kidsgrove.

In that attack, on 9 January, the Co-op store on Cedar Avenue was left badly damaged - the thefts have not been linked by police.

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