Police are hunting a thief who crashed a six-tonne dumper truck into a supermarket.
It caused significant damage to the Co-op in Lauder Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife.
The Benford Swivel Dumper had been reported stolen from Hayfield industrial estate before the incident at the Co-op at 2.40am on Monday.
The shop is expected to remain closed until the full extent of the damage is assessed.
Detective Graeme Dursley said: "The premises will remain closed while we conduct our investigations at the scene and a full assessment of the damage to the building will need to be carried out.
"I'd urge anyone who may have been in the area of Hayfield industrial estate or Lauder Road in the early hours of the morning to get in touch.
"If you saw any suspicious behaviour or may have witnessed the truck travelling between these two locations, then please come forward."
A Co-op spokeswoman said: "There was an attempted theft at our Lauder road store in Kirkcaldy in the early hours of this morning.
"Extensive damage was caused to the store and it is too early to say when it will reopen.
"CCTV coverage has been shared with police, who are investigating, and we would appeal for anyone with information to come forward.
"We apologise to the community for the inconvenience caused during the store's temporary closure and would encourage customers to use our nearby store on Bennochy road."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article