Thieves attempted to steal money from a cash machine outside a Burnham-On-Sea supermarket on Monday morning (July 14th).
One of the two ATM machines at the northern end of Tesco’s store in Ben Travers Way was attacked, as pictured here.
It was left badly damaged in an apparent attempt to gain access to the supply of cash in the machine.
Burnham-On-Sea.com understands the attempted raid was unsuccessful and the attackers fled empty-handed.
Police spokesman Dan Mountain told Burnham-On-Sea.com: “An ATM was reported to us to have been the subject of criminal damage at 6am on Monday. A part of the machine was taken away for forensic analysis.”
The cashpoint area remained taped off for much of the day as Burnham police started an investigation into what happened. Anyone with information should contact police on 0845 4567000.
“We would like to speak to anyone who saw people acting suspicious between 8pm on Sunday and 5.45am on Monday,” added Mr Moutain.
