Alberta thief uses garbage truck to break into bank, steal ATM

Police in Thorsbyhave a trashy crime on their hands.

Leap day was only hours old when thieves stole a garbage truck and used it to break into a local bank and haul away an ATM.

RCMPrespondedto an alarm at the local Bank of Montreal at 4:32 a.m.They found the ATM gone and later found the garbage truck abandonedon Township Road 492, east of the town.

No one was in the bank at the time.

Police say thesuspect left that area in what what describe as a white,early-2000sChevrolet or GMC extended cab truck.

RCMP are asking for public assistance in identifying the suspect or the truck.

This is the second ATM theft reported in Thorsby, though police said they could notconfirm the thefts were related.

RCMP have beeninvestigating a string of ATM thefts across northern and central Alberta over the last three months.

Other ATMs were stolenin Warburg, Alberta Beach, Grande Prairie,Slave Lake, Onoway, and Leduc.