POLICE are searching for dash-cam footage following an attempted theft of a supermarket cash machine using a JCB.

The incident occurred at the cash machine at Sainsbury’s on Stainsacre Lane in Whitby in the early hours of Thursday.

A yellow and black JCB was stolen from a farm at High Normanby, after 10pm on Wednesday night, before travelling down the A171 towards Whitby and was possibly parked near Sainsbury’s prior to the incident.

Officers would like to hear from anyone who saw, or has any dash-cam footage of a grey Volkswagen Golf estate which the suspects used to leave the scene, and the JCB used to try and remove the cash machine from the wall.

The Golf estate left Whitby at around 1.34am in the early hours of Thursday and was north of Scarborough by 1.53am.

Anyone who can assist the investigation is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101 select option 2 and ask for the Serious Crime Team at Scarborough, or email Stephen.monty@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk