DAMAGE of at least £12,000 was caused when a truck drove into a Lakeside general store during a ramraid.

The stolen four-wheel drive Mitsubishi pick-up was driven into the front of Gentry's Stores, Farm Road, at about 1am on Wednesday, June 8.

A cash machine inside was raided but it is not known how much money was taken.

The green and silver Mitsubishi was stolen from Swindon, Wiltshire, on Tuesday June 7, and abandoned in Arthur Street, Redditch.

The offenders, believed to be three white males, switched to a dark coloured Rover Metro.

Anyone with information is asked to call Redditch Police on 08457 444888 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.