Thieves smash shopfront with car and steal ATM

A blue car with cables wrapped around the back of it facing away from a smashed Co-op shopfront which has a person walking out of the store in all white forensic overalls and a blue face mask. There is blue and white police tape at the front of the image and three police officers in yellow jackets can be seen on the left of the image.

A VW Touareg was located at the scene and seized by officers, said Dorset Police

Curtis Lancaster
BBC News

An ATM machine has been stolen after a car smashed into the front of a supermarket, police have said.

Dorset Police said it received reports of a dark-coloured VW Touareg being driven into a Co-op on Fairmile Road in Christchurch at around 02:40 BST.

A number of people wearing face coverings got out and used tools to load the cash machine into another vehicle, the force said.

A blue Audi RS3 was reported to have "made off" shortly after the incident, it said later, adding that a dark-coloured VW Touareg was located at the scene and seized by officers.

A Co-op shopfront has been smashed. There is a door with broken glass on the floor, a half opened black shutter on the front of the store, debris, litter and rubbish is seen strewn along the floor

Debris could be seen strewn on the ground in front of the shop

Officers have put a cordon in place while an investigation is carried out, said police.

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