Thieves built a 50ft (15m) tunnel to steal a “significant amount” of money from a cash machine in Salford. The theft happened on Friday at Tesco on Liverpool Road, Eccles, between midnight and 06:00 GMT, police said.
The raiders tunnelled under nearby wasteland overnight and into the shop, where they stole cash boxes. They then escaped back through the tunnel.
Police said they were looking for “people acting suspiciously on Friday night, possibly covered in soil”.
Officers believe the thieves may have spent a number of months digging the tunnel because of the complex nature of its structure.
Det Sgt Mark Toker, of Greater Manchester Police, said: “These people had obviously spent a long time plotting this crime and I doubt they would have been able to keep their plans secret for all that time, without telling others about their elaborate scheme”.
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