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Co-op ATM heist caught on camera as thugs use crowbars and saws to rip out cash machine
The gang used hammers and electric saws to steal the cash from a Co-op store in Scone, Perth.
Footage has captured the moment a sophisticated ATM theft gang ripped a cash machine from inside a Scots Co-Op.
CCTV clips from the store reveal the actions of the group, who made away with the ATM in the boot of a car on Perth Road in Scone.
Officers were called to the shop after the alarm was raised at around 3.15am on Sunday June 29. Shortly before the raid, three men wearing red gloves are seen outside using crowbars to batter in the glass front of the shop.
After smashing it in, the thugs then use a strapped harness attached to a pick up truck to destroy the shop door and topple the ATM.
Debris from the impact is strewn across the shop floor before one man runs inside with an electric saw and hacks off a huge metal chain attaching the cash machine to the ground.
A commentary accompanies the video clip where a man describes the robbery step by step.
He is heard saying: "He's got a grinder out. Grinds the big chain on the cash machine, because that's where the money is."
The men then attach the harness from the truck to the machine before using using the vehicle to haul the machine out of the shop and onto the street.
The man continues: "They hooked it up and hoofed it right out. It's got all the money in it. They've got it.
The gang then abandon the pick up truck and a small white car arrives on the scene. The men crack open the outer case of the ATM and bundle a smaller box from inside the machine into the boot before the driver speeds off.
Cops cordoned off the scene after responding to reports of a break-in and theft of cash from an ATM. Locals living nearby told how they woke up at around 3am to hear the robbery taking place.
One man, who lives across the road from the shop, said: "A pick-up hauled the cash machine out the wall of the Co-op.
"I heard something at about 3am and thought it was bins getting blown over, but there was a big vehicle stopped for a bit. I never heard any alarm going off and I live right across the street from the Co-op."
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Another added: "I live just along road. That place is always getting robbed but this is first time the cash machine has been hauled out."
The quantity of cash stolen during the incident is not yet known.
The attack on Scone's Co-Op came just 24 hours after another branch of the store was targeted in Lenzie at 2.15am last Saturday morning.
Pictures taken from the scene on Kirkintilloch Road showed glass scattered across the floor after the machine was ripped out of the shop. The 'free cash withdrawals' sign could be seen amongst various other debris, with a police car positioned nearby.
It is understood that police are probing whether the incidents are linked.
No one has yet been arrested and officers are appealing for information.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 2.15am on Saturday, June 28, 2025, we received a report of a break-in and theft of cash from an ATM at a premises on Kirkintilloch Road, Lenzie.
"Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting reference 0464 of June 28, 2025.
"At around 3.15am on Sunday, June 29, 2025, we received a report of a break-in and theft of cash from an ATM at a premises on Perth Road, Scone.
"Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting reference 0636 of June 29, 2025.'
A spokesperson for Co-op, said: 'There was an incident at our Perth Road, Scone, store in the early hours of Sunday morning (29 June) where there was an attack on the community's ATM. We appeal for anyone with information to come forward to Police, who are investigating. The store has since re-opened to serve the community.'
