Fulton County police Tuesday were looking for the thieves who smashed a truck through the front of a CVS pharmacy in an attempt to steal money from a cash machine.
The incident happened about 3 a.m. in the 7000 block of Old National Highway near Riverdale, according to Fulton police spokesman Scott McBride.
McBride said the thieves backed a Dodge Ram pickup through the front doors of the store, then smashed open the ATM that was just inside the doors.
The truck was found abandoned a short time later on nearby East Village Court. It had been stolen from Union City, McBride said.
In December 2006, metro police departments reported at least four ATM thefts in which the suspects used stolen construction equipment or other vehicles to crash through the front doors of Walgreens stores.
That rash of thefts ended when Walgreens officials began removing cash from the machines at night.
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