Third ram-raid incident in four days sees thieves make off with cash machine in East Lothian
A gang of thieves who smashed their way into an East Lothian Co-op and made off with a cash machine are being hunted by police.
The incident, which is the third of its kind to have taken place this week, saw the gang break into the shop in Dunbar’s Countess Road at around 12.50am on Saturday, January 10, and steal an ATM.
Thieves made a gaping hole in the side of the building during the ram-raid, with metal fixtures and glass left strewn across the car park.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 12.50am on Saturday, 10 January, 2026, officers were called to a report of the theft of an ATM from a shop in Countess Road, Dunbar. Enquiries are ongoing.”
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Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0182 of Saturday, January 10.
It comes after two attempted ATM thefts were reported in Glasgow and Edinburgh on January 7.
The first took place at a Scotmid Co-op in Glasgow’s Edinburgh Road at around 1.10am and involved a white vehicle.
The second saw a Scotmid shop in Whitehouse Road, Edinburgh, targeted by a group of balaclava-clad men at around 2.50am, with a black pick up truck having been deliberately driven at a police car. A Police Scotland spokesperson said no officers were injured in the incident.