Niagara Regional Police are asking the public for assistance after an ATM machine was stolen from the Canadian Tire gas bar on Niagara Street in Welland and then dragged behind a pickup truck to Pelham.

At approximately 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, a white, raised four-door truck with tinted windows, possibly a Chevy 2500 diesel, was involved in the incident.

A "great deal of sparks" resulted in the machine being pulled by the truck as it fled west down Woodlawn Road, through Niagara College and west down Canboro Road toward Victoria Avenue in Pelham, the NRP said in a press release.

Police are asking for help in identifying the suspects and the truck involved, specifically the vehicle license plate.

Anyone with information can email Det. Const. Sinclair at david.sinclair@niagarapolice.ca.