The hunt is continuing for ram raiders who targeted a Cumbrian supermarket nearly a month ago - the latest in an ongoing trend of cashpoint raids.

The crooks used a tractor to smash through the wall of an Aldi in Cockermouth.

They struck on Low Road at 3.05am on December 5 - but failed in their bid to steal a cash machine.

They used the vehicle to knock through the wall by the store entrance where an internal cash machine stands.

The police arrived minutes later by which time the tractor had been abandoned in the car park.

More than three weeks on the search is continuing for those responsible.

A police spokesman said: "There have been no arrests.

"Investigations are ongoing."

A tractor used in the Cockermouth ram raid was stolen from a farm near the town.

Other cashpoint raids in recent months

There was a ram raid at the Whitehaven Aldi in November, when criminals tried - and failed - to steal a cash machine.

In October a free-standing cash machine was taken from just inside the doorway of the Co-operative, on King Street in Aspatria.

While in September, thieves broke into a Cockermouth restaurant and stole the ATM machine.

They took a window out of The Brewer's Fayre restaurant, next to the Premier Inn, at Oakhurst, and stole the free standing cash dispenser.

It was empty.

Call officers on 101 with information.