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Daring Saskatchewan thieves make off with ATM machine

Thieves use stolen trucks to pull an ATM machine out of a Saskatchewan financial institution. File / Global News

ROCANVILLE, Sask. – It was a bold theft carried out in the middle of the night using stolen trucks. Thieves made off with an ATM from a Saskatchewan financial institution during the early morning hours of March 24.

It started when two pickup trucks, one white and the other burgundy, were stolen from a business in Spy Hill.

Investigators believe the trucks were then driven to the financial institution in Rocanville where the suspects used them to pull an ATM from the floor where it had been mounted. They then took off with the machine which had an unknown amount of cash.

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The front of the building was significantly damaged in the theft.

Police recovered the burgundy truck four blocks from the financial institution.

Mounties are still looking for a white Ford F250 heavy duty four-door pickup truck with Saskatchewan license plate 331 JLY. The truck has a large dent on the passenger side and a winch bumper.

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Police say anyone spotting the truck should not approach it and instead should immediately contact their local RCMP detachment or police service.

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