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Scene of an ATM robbery at Ballygawley Road in Dungannon
The increasing number of attacks on cash machines in Northern Ireland has prompted operator LINK to offer a reward of up to £25,000 to anyone who can help catch those responsible.

Since March there have been 13 thefts of ATMs across Northern Ireland with the cash machines physically removed.

Graham Mott, senior LINK spokesman, said: "We're urging the public to pass on information with any information that they may have about cash machine crime, for example card skimming or physical attacks on cash machines themselves.

"Even something that may sound insignificant could be part of a bigger picture and prove invaluable in convicting someone involved in cash machine crime."

Some of the thefts have involved the use of diggers or other heavy machinery.

There were three such raids in different parts of Northern Ireland in just four days in October. That compares to only two ATM attacks in the whole of 2007.

Link has joined the Crimestoppers charity to combat the crime across the UK.

A PSNI spokesman said the force had a close relationship with the banks.

"Police would also advise owners of large plant machinery to ensure they are locked and secure at all times," a spokesman said.

"Opportunist thieves will steal insecure plant machinery for use in crimes such as ATM thefts."

© Press Association

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At 22:36 on 11 December 2009, Ray Loughlin wrote:
Just a thought - if the maximum amount anyone can take out of a cash machine is £300, then that's all that needs to be inside the machine at any one time. Perhaps the money could be fed to the machine from an internal safe, physically separate from the atm, along some sort of conveyor belt: a machine containing £300 probably wouldn't be worth stealing a digger and ripping from the wall!
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