ATM stolen from Kersbrook pub before getaway van set on fire at Chain of Ponds

Thieves have forced entry to a Hills pub and stolen an ATM before torching their getaway van in a wild crime spree.

An ATM has been stolen from a hotel in Kersbrook by thieves who rammed their way in to gain access.

Police were called to the hotel on Scott Road at 4.30am on Friday after witnesses reported hearing smashing glass.

A vehicle was seen reversing out of the premises and the hotel alarm had been activated.

Police are searching for two thugs who pinched an ATM from an Adelaide Hills pub at Kersbrook in a brazen ram raid. They were in a stolen van that was later found torched several kilometres away. Details in 7NEWS Adelaide at 6pm | https://t.co/8ftPfGh39Y@haydennelson#7NEWSpic.twitter.com/OOhtqVeC3C

— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) February 9, 2024

Police arrived to find significant damage caused to the front of the building and the ATM missing.

Fire crews were then called to a van on fire on North East Rd at Chain of Ponds about 5.20am.

Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze quickly.

Police said the van was destroyed and they recovered part of the stolen ATM on the ground beside the van.

The van is believed to be a Ford that was reported stolen from Tanunda a short time earlier.

Police are hunting the suspects involved.

An ATM was at the centre of an investigation last year after it was found on Checker Hill Rd in Kersbrook in June.