A man has been arrested after a crane was used in an attempt to steal a cash machine from a supermarket.
Police were called to a building site in Yapton Road, Barnham, West Sussex, at 2.15am on Tuesday after a report that a small crane had been stolen.
Officers then made searches of nearby ATM sites and found a raid in progress at a Co-op store in Barnham.
A 43-year-old man, from Ashford, Middlesex, was arrested after being chased by officers on foot.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: “Police arrested a man in Barnham on Tuesday morning (July 4) after stopping an aggravated burglary in progress at a supermarket.
“Officers had been called to a building site in Yapton Road at around 2.15am to reports of a small crane having been stolen.
“Response units were deployed to nearby cash machines and came across a crane attempting to steal an ATM from a supermarket in Barnham Road.
“The driver of the crane, a 43-year-old man, from Ashford, Middlesex, was detained after a short foot chase and arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and criminal damage.
“He remains in custody at this time.
“A white Volvo XC60 was also seen to leave the scene.”
