Ram raiders target Marks and Spencer store at Owlcotes Centre, Pudsey

The scene after ram raiders drove a van into Marks and Spencers at the Owlcotes Centre, Pudsey.

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Ram raiders reversed a van into the doors of a Marks and Spencer store in Leeds in a failed bid to get inside.

Police were alerted shortly after 5.30am yesterday when a caller reported significant damage to the shop at the Owlcotes Centre in Pudsey.

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Checks on CCTV footage revealed that a number of people had arrived in a van at about 10.45pm on Sunday night and reversed it into the outer doors a number of times.

A police spokesman said the suspects had failed to gain entry and drove off.

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Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has any information can contact officers via 101, quoting crime reference 13180426307.

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