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Thieves use forklift to steal ATM, police say

CONWAY, Ark. — Police are asking for the public's help to identify the thieves who stole an ATM by ramming it with a forklift and loading it into a waiting truck.

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The thieves used a large CAT forklift to crash into the drive-thru portion of a bank last Wednesday. Police believe the criminals might have some ties to the construction industry.

They targeted the First Service Bank in Conway in the dead of night, committing the robbery around 3:30 a.m.

The video was captured by the bank’s CCTV cameras and the Conway Police Department posted the video on Facebook.

UPDATE: The Conway Police Department located the ATM from this theft. The empty machine was dumped by the thieves at a dirt lot on Dave Ward Drive. The property owner alerted police. It was inspected by the CPD in order to recover any evidence. It was also inspected by bank employees who rendered it useless in the condition it was found in. At this time this case is still under investigation. We do not have any suspects in this case. ******************************************* The Conway Police Department needs your help identifying the person/persons responsible for stealing an ATM from First Service Bank around 3:00 Wednesday morning. The suspects cannot be seen but if you recognize the truck or you were in the area when this happened or have some information you want to share on this case, please call Detective Williams at 450-6130. Thanks in advance for your help.

Posted by Conway Police Department on Friday, August 18, 2017

The video does not give a clear image of the thieves, so police are asking for help identifying the forklift.

Police also shared a picture of truck they believed was involved.

According to Gizmodo, the biggest problem for thieves thinking about heisting an ATM might not be breaking into it once it's in their possession. Many ATMs are now equipped with GPS tracking. Apparently, however, that's not the case with this particular machine.