Scenes of Crime officers are at the Co-op in Bolnore Village this morning (Monday) after what police are describing as a ‘ram raid’ at the store.
The supermarket was closed and sealed off to the public with police tape while investigations were underway.
The raid happened in the very early hours of this morning - at about 0025am, today Monday.
The shop door appears to have been smashed down while a pane of glass in the side panel has also been shattered and the building entered. Detectives say a cash machine was then grabbed from inside the store.
Police are appealing for any information about the incident. Anyone who saw or heard anything is asked to contact Sussex Police on 101 quoting serial 0014 of 04/03/2013.
Bolnore Village is the housing estate of several thousand homes built by Crest Nicholson off Isaacs Lane, between Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill,
The estate, which is newly built since 2000, is designed to be like a village and has narrow, twisting roads which dissuade fast driving.
The Co-op store is situated in the village square, at the heart of the network of residential roads, with a car park in front of it.
The small parade of shops, of which it forms the main part, is surrounded on all sides by two and three storey buildings with their windows looking down on to the square. Bolnore Primary School is also nearby.