Bungling Tas ram raiders fail to open ATM

Thieves who ram raided a Launceston shopping centre to steal an ATM have failed to get any cash from the machine.

Police say a stolen truck was used to crash through the glass foyer of a Mowbray shopping complex around 5am on Saturday.

The robbers used a heavy chain to drag an ATM onto the pavement where a second stolen vehicle was used to drag the machine one kilometre down the road.

Police followed the drag marks to find the abandoned vehicle and ATM, which the thieves failed to break open.