Thieves rip ATM from West Kelowna, B.C., bank wall via machinery in attempted theft

WEST KELOWNA — Police in West Kelowna, B.C., are investigating after unknown suspects tried to steal an automated teller machine from a bank by ripping it out of the wall at a bank.

RCMP say the theft happened at about 4:26 a.m. after someone called police about possible mischief outside a bank in the 5500 block of Clements Crescent.

Police say arriving officers found a scene that indicated the suspects had used a pickup truck and a front-loader to rip the ATM deposit box from the building’s outside wall before fleeing.

Officers were able to recover the stolen deposit box a short time later when it was found abandoned along with the two vehicles not far from the bank.