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Thieves in Calgary used a front-end loader to smash their way into a bank.

The Royal Bank at Beacon Hill was heavily damaged when the thieves rammed the building at 3:45 a.m. on Feb. 14.

The thieves stole the ATM and left the loader behind.

The owner of the loader, Serge Arsenault, uses it for snow removal and is worried the thieves might come back.

“My problem now, how is the security here, because they opened the loader, it was locked, the safety lock was removed from the machine, the guy knew what he was doing," said Arsenault.

The bank plans to clean up the mess and get back to business as quickly as possible.

On Feb. 11, a pickup truck was used to smash into an electronics store and steal several TVs, and a tractor was used in two attempts to steal ATMs in the town of Magrath on Feb. 12.

- with files from CTV