(jd) An attentive witness noticed a cigarette vending machine in a ditch in the early hours of the morning on New Year's Day (January 1) and informed the police: the machine was located on Sprickbergweg between the junctions with Herforder Straße and Vahrenbrinkstraße. The officers who arrived noticed that there were various parts, such as the cash container, around the machine. The unknown perpetrator or perpetrators apparently used a tool to cut the vending machine from its anchorage at its place of origin and then forced it open on Sprickbergweg. Money and cigarettes were stolen from the vending machine. The damage is in the four-digit range. Witnesses who observed anything conspicuous in the Sprickbergweg area at the turn of the year are asked to call 05221/8880.