Investigation underway after Bothwell services break-in

Published 5th Sep 2017

Police at Cambuslang are continuing enquiries after a break-in at the Bothwell Services in the early hours of Monday 4 September 2017.

Between 2:35am and 3:15am on Monday 4 September, the Roadchef within Bothwell Services on the M74 Southbound at Fallside Road, Bothwell was broken into whilst closed.

The thieves then forced open the cash line machine and made off with a five figure sum of cash.

The thieves are described as: white male, wearing a light coloured baseball cap, long sleeve top, dark trousers and black trainers

The second was white male, wearing a light coloured tammy hat, black gloves, light coloured hooded top with his face covered with a scarf / snood or similar item of clothing.

The third was white male, wearing a light coloured hooded top, light tracksuit bottoms, light coloured NIKE trainers. His face was covered with a scarf / snood or similar type of clothing.

Detective Inspector Colin Campbell at Cambuslang Police Office said:

“Although the Services were closed at the time of the break-in, there may have been a number of vehicles parked within the car park or utilising the filling station and I appeal to those drivers to review their dashcam footage and contact police if they have any information.

“The suspects are believed to have been in the premises for a considerable length of time and would have made a lot of noise forcing open the cash line machine therefore I’d like to speak to anyone who was in the vicinity and make have heard extensive noise or saw the suspects hanging around the area either prior to the break-in taking place or making off afterwards.”

Anyone with information should contact police at Cambuslang via telephone number 101 quoting incident number 0426/4th Sept or alternatively calls can be made to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where anonymity can be maintained.

OTR - police at Cambuslang are aware of another incident in Innerleithing where an ATM was stolen from a shop. Both incidents are currently being investigated however there is nothing to suggest that they are connected.