Republished August 29, 2016 - 9:35 AM
Original Publication Date August 29, 2016 - 7:35 AM
ST. LOUIS, Sask. - The RCMP has found an automated teller machine that thieves literally dragged out of a Saskatchewan community after they were unable to lift it into the back of a stolen pickup truck.
Mounties say the ATM that was taken from a credit union in St. Louis early Sunday morning was found later the same day in some bush, about 150 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.
Some money had been removed from the machine, which witnesses say was too heavy for the thieves to handle after it was yanked from the building using a white Dodge pickup truck and a rope.
Witnesses also say the ATM was eventually hauled out of town behind the truck, which was joined by a second pickup as they headed east.
The Dodge was found by a farmer in an area separate from the ATM's location, while another stolen pickup that may be linked to the theft was discovered in a swampy area.
No arrests have been made and police are going over surveillance video and examining several items seized at the scene of the theft and from the stolen pickup.
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