Detectives believe that a number of thieves have used a stolen Landrover to raid a newsagent, carvery and dentist.
The vehicle was stolen from Cluny Drive in Morningside at 12.45am on Tuesday morning then used to ram raid the Blackhall Village Newsagent on Craigcrook Road 30 minutes later.
A cash machine and other items were stolen.
Officers believe the same thieves broke into a dental practice on Rosewell Road in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, at 3.30am and the Elginhaugh Farm carvery on Gilmerton Road in Lasswade, at 3.50am.
At 4.15am, Pasha’s Newsagent on Balgreen Road in Edinburgh was also raided while thieves tried to break into the city’s Stenhouse Newsagent at Stenhouse Cross at 4.40am.
Detective sergeant Keith Taylor said: “We firmly believe that the individuals responsible for the theft of the Landrover are also responsible for this spate of ram raids, break-ins and attempted break-ins across Edinburgh and Midlothian.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
