A tractor was used to steal a free-standing ATM from outside a service station in North Yorkshire on Tuesday morning (November 22).
Detectives in the North Yorkshire police force are investigating the theft, which happened in Ryedale off the A64 at around 1.45a.m.
The police confirmed that two suspects were reported to have used a blue tractor to remove the ATM away from the forecourt.
The tractor and cash machine were subsequently found abandoned in a nearby field.
North Yorkshire police appealed for information on its Facebook page today.
“Witnesses or anyone with information, CCTV or dashcam footage of the incident, are urged to make a report via our website or by calling 101,” the force said.
“Please quote reference number 12220206870 when providing details.”
Crime
In other crime news, two German Shepherd dogs believed to be responsible for an attack on sheep in Wales have been caught by North Wales Police’s rural crime team.
The attack, which resulted in the death of multiple sheep, took place between Sunday night and early Monday morning (November 20-21) in a field on Padeswood Road, Buckley, Flintshire.
16 sheep that were seriously injured in the attack are expected not to survive and the farmer has reported a further 11 from the same flock as missing.
Sgt. Peter Evans, speaking on behalf on the rural crime team, took this opportunity to remind dog owners of their responsibilities. He said all dog owners have to keep their animals under effective control around sheep and other livestock.
“Livestock attacks are extremely distressing not only for the animals, but for their keepers too,” he said.
“The costs, both financially and emotionally for those who own or find dead and injured animals, are wholly unacceptable.
“Unfortunately, reports of sheep and other livestock being attacked in North Wales is not uncommon, with animals brutalised and often killed – which is completely preventable.”
