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Construction vehicle used in ATM theft

By Ben Hooper
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April 9 (UPI) -- Security cameras were recording in Northern Ireland when heavy construction equipment was used to rip an ATM out of a wall and drop it into a van.

CCTV video from the Sunday morning incident shows someone driving what police said was a stolen digger to rip an ATM out of the outside wall of a gas station, Dungiven, Derry.

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The digger swipes at the wall until the ATM comes lose, then scoops the cash machine into its shovel.

Police said the digger dropped the load into a van with the roof removed and the thieves fled the scene.

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