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Front-end loader used in smash and grab at Calgary bank

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WATCH ABOVE: Calgary police are investigating after someone used a front-end loader to break into a northwest Calgary bank. Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports – Feb 15, 2016

CALGARY- Police are investigating after an audacious smash and grab at a northwest bank early Sunday morning.

Officers were called to the Royal Bank at Beacon Hill Centre just before 4 a.m.

Investigators said the suspects took off with an ATM machine after smashing a front-end loader through the building, resulting in extensive damage.

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A wall and part of the roof had collapsed.

Fire crews were called in to check whether the building is still structurally sound.

According to the owner of the front-end loader that was allegedly stolen to ram the building, he uses the machine for snow removal and parks it nearby.

How the suspect(s) managed to start the front-end loader is still unclear.

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“The guy [would] need to be a heavy mechanic,” said Serge Arseneault, who said he had disabled the machine.

No word yet on any suspects.

With files from Tracy Nagai

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