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GARDAÍ IN CAVAN have begun an investigation after the theft of an ATM from the wall of a bank on Main Street, Kingscourt.
The alarm was raised at 4am and officers attended the scene.
Upon arrival, they discovered a large digger had been used to remove the ATM from the bank.
It was placed on a trailer being towed by a light-coloured four-wheel drive vehicle (SUV).
This vehicle left the scene in the direction of Carrickmacross.
The scene has been sealed off to facilitate a technical examination by garda crime scene examiners.
Gardaí have asked anyone with information in relation to the incident to contact them at Bailieboro Garda Station on 042 969 4570.
In a separate incident at 4.15am in Dungannon, Tyrone, thieves used a digger to steal an ATM from a garage.
The PSNI said the digger caused substantial damage to the building, before it was set alight at the scene. It had been stolen from a business a short distance away.
Police in the North also appealed for witnesses to come forward.
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‘‘Tis my money. I just didn’t want to fill out de forms”
Would it be too hard to put a gps tracking device into an ATM?
@artie kelly: Yes but what if the ATM just wanted to go for an evening stroll?
@artie kelly: exactly what I was thinking. And surely some sort of alarm notification once it has been “removed” from the wall. Banks love their money so much I’m surprised there isn’t that kind of setup
@Neil Mac: Banks love YOUR money. They’ve got none of their own, remember?
@Michael Lynch: well said.
Usually it’s the bank who rob the public.
Someone forgot their atm card again
The thieves got away with nothing as the ATM was empty of funds because the tight Caaaavan heures keep all their money under the mattress.
Matter of time before discount stores are selling diggers
‘Thieves rob ATM without using a digger’. Now that will be newsworthy!
@P Mc G: it’s amazing them Cavan people trust the banks
Good news! With the corruption in this country from the top down, why not join the Frey and make the best of it.
Border rats. Hard Brexit is most welcome.
Will the hard border will put a stop to this?
@Random_paddy: one in Cavan ,one in Dungannon ,both sides of the border
Ha, makes a change though. Usually they just walked in and took it. Ffs that bank has been robbed 2 or 3 times in the last 10 years. Sure there used to be a another bank across the road from it. One year they robbed that one and then went across the street to the other and robbed it before getting away.
Do these people not realise that they have security features that destroy the money inside?
@Dan Skelton: ways around everything
@Dan Skelton: they actually open it under water and the ink is oil based and floats to the top then they wash the notes with vanish from the supermarket.
@Eoin Kenny: No, the container has no top and simply spills dye when the machine is moved over a certain degree. Banks deserve to be hit like this when they don’t install the dye in all machines.
Would it be too hard to put a gps tracking device on atms??
Why is there no automatic alarm built in to ATM machines or a GPS tracker??
So what’s new?
ATMs need to be removed from small towns and placed in Garda stations.
@Tim McCormack29: or Garda stations with permanent officers need to be placed in small towns. Having them in Garda stations would not suit a lot of people
@Tim McCormack29:
Would you trust the Gardai ?
@Barry Foster:
Far more than I would trust the banks.
@Tim McCormack29: is there not a Garda station in Kingscourt? Or is it one of those unmanned ones..
Election funding!
How about a self destruct charge which would go up 20 seconds after the atm was removed…..a nice big one!!
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