They rammed their way in using a stolen dumper truck and when they reversed the store front came crashing off, strewing debris into the street.
Tyre tracks on the road showed the gang steered straight into the McColl’s shop in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, in yesterday’s early hours.
They got away with the ATM machine, thought to contain thousands in cash.
The truck, stolen from nearby Ashington, was later found abandoned.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “We are investigating the theft of a cash machine from the McColl’s shop on Cleveland Terrace, Newbiggin.
“In the early hours of Saturday police received a report that a dumper truck had been driven into the shop and an ATM was subsequently taken.
“The truck, which police believe to have been stolen from the Woodhorn Lane area of Ashington, was later recovered but the occupants had made off.
“An investigation is under way to locate those responsible. Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting reference 54 081218 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”
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