A group struck at the Co-op on the High Street in Lakenheath at around 3.45am on Wednesday, June 24.

Suffolk police said a gang is on the run after loading ripping the cash machine from the wall of the shop and loading it onto a black Nissan Navara pick-up truck before fleeing the scene, driving in convoy with a blue Volkswagen Golf R.

A Nissan Navara was set on fire at 4.30am on Cowle’s Drove in Hockwold, just across the Norfolk border, with the cash machine still inside.

A police cordon is in place after the Co-op in Lakenheath was ram raided. (Image: Newsquest)

Craig Reed works at the Co-Op and was stopped by the police cordon........

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