Police in Coalville are investigating after a cash machine was stolen from inside a shop.
It happened at around 2.50am on Tuesday 7 April in Whitehill Road in Ellistown.
Police said a member of the public reported seeing a Mitsubishi Shogun drive into the shutters of the shop.
Three suspects were then seen entering the property and removed a free-standing ATM before leaving the scene in a dark coloured car.
They made off in the direction of Ibstock.
Police said that they believed that the vehicle used in the robbery had been stolen in Leicester beforehand.
Detective Constable Gemma Allen is investigating. She said: “I would like to speak to anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious.
“Were you disturbed by the commotion? Did you see what happened or a car leaving the area with its boot open?
“Do you have any CCTV which captured what happened?
“If you have any information to assist with the investigation and have not yet spoken to us we’d like to hear from you.
“Although the suspects caused a considerable amount of damage to the premises it has been able to reopen today and carry on trading as usual.”
Anyone with information can call 101 quoting incident 61 of 7 April.
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