Scotiabank: Heavy equipment used to steal ATM in Newfoundland [Video]

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. –

Police in eastern Newfoundland say that for the second time in less than a month thieves have used heavy equipment to smash into a bank and steal an ATM.

RCMP say the suspects stole a pickup truck and two excavators, which they used to bash their way into a Scotiabank in Carbonear, N.L., early Thursday morning.

The Mounties say the suspects loaded the ATM into the pickup and drove away, leaving behind the two excavators.

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Cpl. Jolene Garland says they were swift and precise, and it appears they knew what they were doing.

Pictures on social media show two abandoned excavators beside the bank’s drive-thru window, which has been completely torn away.

On Dec. 16, police arrested four people after a stolen backhoe was used to tear the front off the RBC branch in Holyrood, …