Police appeal for information following attack on cash machine in Leeds

    Police are appealing for information following an attack on a supermarket cash machine in Leeds.

    At 2.53am yesterday, police received a report of an explosion causing extensive damage to a cash machine at the Tesco store, in Aberford Road, Garforth.

    Four masked men had arrived at the scene in a car and three had approached the machine. They pumped gas into it from gas canisters to cause the explosion.

    It is not yet known if any cash was accessed and stolen. A scene is currently in place to undergo forensic examination.

    The men left the scene in the car, which was a grey Volvo with a partial registration ‘NK’, and headed towards Bar Lane.

    Detective Inspector Richard Holmes, of Leeds District CID, said: “This is still a fairly unusual method that they have used to target the cash machine and we are looking into whether it could be linked to other recent incidents in the region.

    “We are carrying out extensive enquiries into this incident and would like to hear from anyone who witnessed anything suspicious or who has seen the Volvo in the area or at any other point.”

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