Thieves have ripped a cash machine out of the wall of a supermarket near Stirling, leaving the building badly damaged.

Police were alerted to the theft at the Co-op in Doune at about 03:30 and later found the ATM in a pick-up truck at a premises off the B826.

Part of the shop's wall has collapsed, leaving the inside completely exposed and the pavement strewn with debris.

It has been cordoned off by officers and Castlehill is closed to vehicles and pedestrians while the building is assessed.

It follows a spate of ATM thefts in other parts of Scotland.

In September, two cash machines were torn out of the walls of a bank on Peebles High Street and taken away on a horsebox.

A telescopic forklift, used to ram the building, was left abandoned in the street.

Days earlier, a truck was rammed into a Co-op in West Calder in an attempt to steal the ATM.

Det Insp Chris Carson said inquiries into the latest theft were ongoing.

He urged anyone who witnessed the incident, or who has relevant dashcam or CCTV footage, to get in touch.