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This is the dramatic moment burglars rammed a stolen car through the doors of a garage during a nighttime raid.

They scaled John Stonehouse garage in Lingdale, Northumberland, to evade alarm sensors on Friday, before kicking holes in the roof to get into the building.

Mark Stonehouse, whose dad John owns the garage, told the Gazette the off-road modified Land Rover Discovery was due to be sold on Saturday morning for £2,500.

The money was set to be used towards his marriage to Leanne Lynas, 26, who are set to get wed in September next year.

He believes the vehicle is still in the East Cleveland area and has urged locals to look out for it.

Mark, 28, said: “It looks like a few lads have come into the yard, got onto the roof, and smashed holes in the roof to see where the alarm sensors are.

“They’ve come into the garage and tried to nick a motorbike, but they haven’t managed to get that away.

“They’ve then come all the way back out, back onto the roof, and gone in again and taken the Jeep. They’ve rammed it straight through the doors of the garage and got away in it.

“The Jeep was supposed to be sold this morning for £2,500. There’s thousands of pounds worth of damage done to the doors and roof as well.”

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Police and scene of crime officers rushed to the scene in the early hours of Saturday morning, after the incident which took place at around 11.20pm.

The distinctive Land Rover is grey with off-road bars fitted to the front, and was last seen driven down Claphow between Skelton and Lingdale.

Mark said that only £5 of diesel had been put in the tank days before it was stolen, and within minutes friends and family were out on the streets looking for the car.

He said he is convinced the Land Rover would still be within a ten mile radius of the garage, on High Street in Lingdale.

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Garage owner John, who has been on the site since 1970 and built the garage in 1985, said: “As soon as the alarm went I rushed round and so did my sons.

“I got here only four or five minutes after it must have left.”

John and Mark were busy securing the garage on Saturday.

Employee Warren Springgay, 29, said: “They tried to take my bike, an Aprilia SXV first. It was chained up but they’ve hacksawed through the chain to try and get it out. They’ve caused a lot of damage.”

Anyone with information about the incident should call Cleveland Police on 101.