Excavator rips through north Edmonton grocery, thieves steal ATM

Thieves, or a thief, used an excavatorto smash through the wall of a small corner grocery in north Edmontonearly Tuesday to snatch the store'sATM.

The theft happened after3 a.m.

Securityvideo shows the backhoe exploding through the wall of Sherbrooke Grocery, before someone corralled the ATM and dragged it out of the store.

The store, at 127th Street and 121st Avenue,had no security camera outside the store.

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Thestore owner, who lives in the building, did not learn of the theft until she was called by hersecuritycompany.

"It was like a movie," said Michelle Suh.

Nothing else was taken, she said.

Suh believes the excavatorwas taken from a nearby construction site.

Police sayATM thefts are growing in frequency in the Edmonton area and rural Alberta. RCMP in rural Alberta have investigated more than two dozen such thefts this year.