Masked men have ram-raided two north Essex village businesses.
Damage - workmen boarding up the front of the Co-op store in High Street, Dedham, following today's ram raid (36487-1)
First, in the early hours of this morning, they smashed a stolen Land Rover into the Co-op in Dedham High Street, but they failed in their attempts to drag the cash machine out.
Then they drove a stolen car into the front window of the Q8 petrol station in Colchester Road, Weeley.
They managed to drag a free-standing cash machine into a getaway car, escaping with £5,000.
Finally, at 3am, masked men reversed a green Isuzu Trooper into a Co-op store in Norwich Road, Claydon, near Ipswich, and tried, but failed, to take the cash machine in exactly the same way as in Dedham.
Anyone with information about the incidents can contact Colchester police on 01206 762212 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111
Published Thursday June 17, 2004
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