Police have seen an increase in the number of “cash trapping” attacks on ATMs. Perpetrators use glue or double-sided tape on an ATM slot. When people try to withdraw money from the machine, the cash gets jammed. People think there’s a technical issue and leave. The thieves then come to collect the “trapped” money.

Police say the swindle has been carried out more than 10 times in the last three months, mostly in Ljubljana but also in Koper, Maribor, Ptuj and Murska Sobota.

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