A gang of robbers who stole around £700,000 in ATM thefts boasted that police had no 'concrete evidence' against them just days before they were arrested.
The group, who are now facing prison sentences, used angle grinders and sophisticated 'jaws of life' tools - typically used by firefighters - in a looting spree which saw them strike nine times in just under a year.
Raiding machines in West Mercia, Leicestershire, Avon and Somerset, Bedfordshire, Greater Manchester, Cumbria, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Staffordshire, they used stolen high-speed cars with fake registration plates to flee crime scenes.
The group also used a reinforced flatbed truck to pummel their way into the businesses.
West Midlands Police launched an investigation into the gang after discovering that they were based nearby, and detectives closed in after finding that the thieves had booked two holiday lets in Cumbria as a base to strike from in August 2024.
