High River RCMP are investigating after a break and enter at the Rainbow Esso on 12 Avenue.

It happened Monday around 5 a.m.

RCMP found the cash registers had been emptied, the doors to the cigarette cabinets had been extensively damaged and cartons of cigarettes had been stolen.

They also found the ATM had been forced open and the suspects had stolen a significant amount of money.

The suspects destroyed the alarm system to the building leaving it inoperable as well as making off with the security camera hard drives leaving no in-store video footage of the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call the RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

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