09-07-2025
Whetstone Co-op cash machine stolen in ram raid
A cash machine has been stolen from a Co-op store in a ram raid in Leicestershire. Police said officers were called to the store in Cambridge Road in Whetstone at about 04:00 BST where a vehicle had driven into the front of the shop. A spokesperson said the ATM was then loaded into a blue Toyota Hilux, which left the scene with a blue Insp Ed Prowse said the investigation was "very much ongoing" and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
The force said the Toyota Hilux collided with an unmarked police vehicle at an unrelated traffic stop after it left the scene of the ram raid.A spokesperson confirmed the officer involved was not injured. Cambridge Road has been closed from the roundabout to the Hunter Road junction. Warwick Road from the The Dicken to the roundabout was also closed and access to the roundabout was limited from Brook Street, Burnham Drive and Grove Road, according to the force. A spokesperson for Co-op said: "The store is temporarily closed and it is too early to confirm when the store will re-open but we will do this as soon as possible, to continue to serve the community."We urge anyone who may have any information to come forward to police, who are investigating."
