POLICE are hunting four men in connection with a break-in in the early hours of Friday morning where an ATM was stolen from the Morrisons supermarket in Cirencester.

Between 140am and 2am the thieves smashed a window at the front of the Dyer Street store, tied cabling to the ATM and then used a stolen Mitsubishi Shogun  4x4 to pull it out of the shop.

The men who wore face coverings then made a getaway in a second vehicle which is thought to be a 4x4 and abandoned  the Shogun nearby.

A member of staff at the store said it is believed that the cash machine was out of order and empty at the time.

They added that it is not known when a new ATM  would be installed.

Christopher Jackson a spokeman for Gloucestershire Police said: “ They used brute force to pull it out of the store. ”

He added that the case was not being linked to any others.

If you have information call police on 101.