Ram-raiders steal safe from betting shop

A white transit van with police scientific support unit on its back side panel and yellow and blue markings parked up in a car park behind blue and white police tape. Behind it is a single-storey row of shops under a low-lying roof, supported by pillars. Stepped back behind it are the shops, including a Ladbrokes with a destroyed door on its hinges, with its glass shattered on the ground. Tom Jackson/BBC

No arrests have been made but an investigation is ongoing, said Cambridgeshire Police

A betting shop has been left with substantial damage to its entrance after thieves broke in and stole a safe.

Cambridgeshire Police said it was called to reports of a break-in at Ladbrokes in The Mall, Bar Hill, Cambridge, just after 22:00 GMT on Sunday.

Officers discovered the shop had been ram-raided by a vehicle at the front to gain entry to the premises.

Police said four people wearing dark clothing and balaclavas were seen leaving the site in a vehicle and detectives have appealed for information.

A row of shops under white awning held up by pillars. The one in the middle has Ladbrokes written in white letters on a red background above its door. The door his on its hinges, the glass smashed and in piles on the ground. A person in a boiler suit can be seen at the count of the building. In the foreground is blue and white police tape. Tom Jackson/BBC

The entrance of the shop suffered from substantial damage, said police

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