{"id":264188,"date":"2025-07-14T12:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/264188\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T12:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:17:16","slug":"west-belfast-atm-damaged-and-money-stolen-in-burglary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/264188\/","title":{"rendered":"West Belfast ATM damaged and money stolen in burglary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stock image. Picture: Aodhan Roberts\/Belfast Telegraph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/130e058e-becb-4159-a2d5-fdb5f86ad914.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stock image. Picture: Aodhan Roberts\/Belfast Telegraph<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Police are appealing for information following a burglary and theft from an ATM in west Belfast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A vacant commercial premises on the Falls Road was broken into and \u201cextensive damage\u201d was caused to the on site ATM before money was taken. <\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Police received a report regarding the incident on the morning of July 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cA door at the rear of the property had been forced open to gain entry and extensive damage had been caused to an ATM housed inside the premises in order to remove money,\u201d said Detective Inspector McCamley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cAt this time we are working to establish exactly how much has been stolen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cWe are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time, and saw anything suspicious on the morning of Saturday, 12th of July, particularly in the Shiels Street or Brighton Street area, to call police on 101, quoting reference number 679 12\/07\/25.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psni.police.uk\/makeareport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online reports<\/a> can be submitted, while Crimestoppers can be contacted via 0800 555 111 or <a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stock image. 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