A digger has crashed into the front of an Edinburgh newsagent in what police believe was an attempted raid.
The JCB is seen having mounted the pavement in front of the Gorgie Road shop which housed a cash machine in the early hours.
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The store and the ATM have suffered significant damage following the early morning crash. It is not believed anyone was hurt.
The digger was earlier seen in convoy with a black Mercedes 4x4 and a white Ford flatbed truck,
A police cordon was surrounded the shop place and there were traffic holdups as the road was partially blocked.
JCB got nicked from a building site in Sighthill and attempted to take the atm machine from a newsagents on Gorgie Road, some mess pic.twitter.com/4G4O8wd86R
— jonj (@JonjoBrannen) January 31, 2019
Inspector Scott Richardson said: "The JCB digger was stolen from the Keepmoat building site on Calder Road, and was seen in the area in convoy...
"I'm keen to hear from anyone who may have seen any of these vehicles and may be able to assist the investigation."
Ten minutes earlier thieves used a stolen digger to break into a post office in a "crude and reckless attack" in Liverpool.
Officers were called to Aigburth Vale to reports of men attempting to drive a digger into County Stores and Post Office on Elmswood Road at 3.50am.
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