6 Aug 2020

Pipe bombs used in attempt to break into Hamilton ATM machine

From Checkpoint, 5:49 pm on 6 August 2020

Pipe bombs were used by thieves trying to get cash out of a Hamilton ATM machine in the early hours of this morning sparking a major police emergency.

The Chartwell Shopping Centre was cordoned-off just after 6.30 while police and the Defence Force's bomb squad got rid of the devices, one of which was exploded in the attempted heist.

Andrew McRae reports.