HOLE-IN-THE-WALL raiders smashed their way into a Ribble Valley post office.
But the gang had to dump the heavy safe when the alarm at the Ribchester office was triggered.
Police arrived at the scene in the early hours of the morning to find the unopened safe on the pavement outside the shop.
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