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2 arrested after stolen truck crashes into Brandon store, pulls out ATM

Police responding to a store's security alarm early Monday arrived in time to see a truck drive out the front of the building, hauling an ATM behind it.

Thieves used truck to smash through store's front entrance, then dragged ATM out, police say

A convenience store in Brandon, Man., was badly damaged after a stolen truck crashed into the building. (Submitted by Brandon Police Service)

Police responding to a store's security alarm early Monday arrived in time to see a truck drive out the front of the building, hauling an ATM behind it.

Two men face charges after the truck crashed into theconvenience store and the ATM was taken, the Brandon Police Service said.

Police responded to the alarm at the store on Lyndale Drive in Brandon, Man., shortly after 4 a.m.

The door and glass at the front of the store were smashed and a truck was inside the store.

"As the officer arrived, the truck exited the store, pulling the ATM, which was dislodged almost immediately as the vehicle turned south from the scene," said Const. Myran Hamm of the Brandon Police Service.

Because the officer was alone, he did not try to stop the vehicle but instead followed it as more units were called, Hamm said.

Brandon Police arrived at this convenience store on Lyndale Drive early Monday morning to find a truck had smashed though the front. (Submitted by Brandon Police Service)

The vehicle headed south out of the southwestern Manitoba city, but crashed near FergusonRoad, where it hit the ditch and got stuck in a creek bed, police said.

A 27-year-old man was arrested at the vehicle, and a second man, 34, was arrestedin the area just before 8 a.m. The pairfacecharges of breaking and entering, theft of the ATM and theft of the vehicle.

Neither of the men wereinjured in the crash, Hamm said.

The truck was stolen from another business on Victoria Avenue E.sometime earlier that night, and it doesn'tappear anything else from the store was taken, police said.

"By the looks of it, they were focused solely on the ATM," Hamm said.

"It's frustrating to see this kind of damage to a local business and the amount of havoc that it causes for them."

Possible connection to other crimes

Most ATMsdon't have money in them overnight, he said.

"So it's even more frustrating that all of this damage is being caused for very little gain at the end of it."

Police suspect the two accused are responsible for other crimes in southwestern Manitoba and are working with other law enforcement agencies to investigate.

There was a similar robbery attempt in April, Hamm said.

"The investigation from that identified these two individuals as suspects," he said.

"It's very concerning, the amount ofdamage caused to the building and the structure.It's going to cause major disruption to this individual's business."

Anyone with information can contact Brandon Police 204-729-2345 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).