A Houston-based ATM theft crew, suspected of multiple Fort Worth ATM thefts, was caught in the act last month, leading to seven arrests, police said Wednesday. Officers followed the crew to a bank ATM on Hulen Street in mid-January after the Fort Worth Tactical Intelligence Operations Surveillance Team received information about a planned heist.

Seven people, allegedly part of a Houston-based ATM “theft crew,” face organized crime charges following a early morning Jan. 16 police operation, police said.

Police arrested a crew of suspected ATM thieves from the Houston area after they tried to steal another ATM in Fort Worth on Thursday.

The Fort Worth Police Department said they were told that a crew out of Houston was heading to North Texas to commit an ATM theft on Jan. 16. FWPD said a surveillance team within the department was already investigating "several previous Fort Worth ATM thefts they believed the crew was also responsible for."

Police are investigating a string of smash-and-grab robberies at El Rancho grocery stores in North Texas. The most recent incident was in Fort Worth on Sunday, where multiple people were arrested.