Police are appealing for witnesses after an armed gang blew up a cash machine and stole a 'substantial amount' of money.
Bank notes were left strewn in the street after the 'carefully planned and brazen' burglary in Oldham on Wednesday night.
Police say three masked men forced their way into the shop on King Street in Delph just before 11.20pm.
They then used an 'explosive device' to blow up an ATM machine inside the store.
The men made off with a substantial amount of cash in an Audi S3 heading towards Oldham town centre.
Damage was caused to the store front.
All three men are described as wearing dark clothing with hoods, face coverings and gloves.
No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing.
Det Con Sarah Hay, of GMP's Oldham district, said: "This was a carefully planned and brazen attack in which the offenders showed complete disregard for the property before making off with a quantity of cash.
"We are appealing for anyone who may have any information about this burglary, or anyone who was in the area at the time and witnessed anything suspicious to please contact police as soon as possible."
A witness said he heard a loud bang, before seeing people loading bank notes into a car.
He added: "I saw them going in, one guy outside on look out. There was a loud bang where they have blown up the cash machine and then they were throwing money into the car.
"It was on the high street so a lot watched from windows and called the police.
"They'd been gone a good 10 minutes before the fire engines arrived and probably 15 before the police.
"The police were called as it was in progress by numerous people and there was cash on the floor as they drove off."
Anyone with information can contact police on 0161 856 9080 quoting incident number 3167 of 4/11/2020 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
