Thieves ram garden centre gates in getaway car

News imageGoogle A white metal seven-bar gate underneath a sign which reads Welcome to Ruskington Garden Centre. To the left of the gate which is open is a tarmac entrance to a car park where several cars are parked.Google
The gates at Ruskington Garden Centre were rammed by thieves in an SUV

Thieves stole a tipper truck and then later fled from police by ramming a car through the gates of a garden centre, police have said.

The truck and a quantity of diesel were taken from a business premises on Spalding Road, in Bourne, just before midnight on Friday, Lincolnshire Police said.

About two hours later, police found the white Peugeot truck in a barn off Fen Road in Ruskington.

Suspects fled the barn in a silver VW Touareg, which then rammed through the gates of Ruskington Garden Centre before the occupants abandoned the car and ran off.

Police want to hear from anyone who saw either the truck or getaway car being driven in the very early hours of Saturday.

Officers have also urged people to check any CCTV or doorbell camera footage that may have captured the offenders as they drove to or fled from the garden centre.