Detectives are investigating a report of the theft of an ATM from a service station on the Mallusk Road, Newtownabbey, on Thursday 11th December.

Detective Inspector Sweeney said: “A report was received on Thursday morning, 11th December at around 5:00am that an ATM containing a sum of cash had been removed from the outside of the premises sometime overnight and taken intact from the scene. 

"We have conducted a number of enquiries at the scene and are also reviewing CCTV footage from the area as part of our investigation.

"At this stage there are two time periods of interest to us, between 11:30pm and 12:00am and between 2:30am and 3:30am.

“I would ask anyone travelling in this area at the time of the incident and who may have captured dash-cam footage which could assist us with our enquiries to contact detectives on 101, quoting reference number 167 11/12/25.

"A report can be made online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/ or you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/.”