Combined image of a damaged ATM and a front-end loader.
The ATM deposit box and the front-end loader used to remove it are seen in this combined image. SUBMITTED/ RCMP

Thieves tear ATM from Peachland bank

Thieves used heavy machinery to pull an ATM from a Peachland bank early this morning.

Police were called to the scene around 4:30 a.m., Oct. 8, where the suspects used a front-end loader and a pickup truck to remove the ATM deposit box from the building.

They fled the scene on the 5500 block of Clements Crescent, but police soon found the equipment and the ATM deposit box abandoned “not far” from the bank, according to a West Kelowna RCMP news release.

Police couldn’t find the suspects.

“This was a bold and dangerous act that caused significant damage to the business,” Cpl. Devon Gerrits of West Kelowna RCMP said in the release.

Police didn’t say whether the thieves managed to steal anything of value from the ATM deposit box. Police also didn’t mention whether the truck and front-end loader might have belonged to the suspects, but a police-supplied photo suggests the pickup truck was stolen.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call West Kelowna RCMP at 250-768-2880 and reference file number 2025-60900, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or leave a tip online at www.crimestoppers.net.

Rear of a blue pickup truck parked on the side of a street at night.
A stolen truck was used to carry off the ATM deposit box, which was later abandoned.
SUBMITTED / West Kelowna RCMP

— This story was updated at 3:37 p.m., Oct. 8, 2025, to correctly state the robbery took place in Peachland.

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