An entire ATM has been stolen from a Bay of Plenty bank overnight.
A front end loader was used in the early hours of this morning to grab the money machine from its location in a building on Pine Drive, Murupara.
Detective constable Rob Hutchins said the offenders fled the scene towing the ATM on a trailer.
The ATM and trailer were found abandoned shortly before 4am in the Kaingaroa Forrest.
The trailer was significantly damaged and the ATM appeared to still be secure.