BERLIN: Robbers used a big drill to interrupt right into a German financial institution’s vault room in the course of the prolonged Christmas break and steal money, gold and jewelry price 30 million euros (US$35 million), police and the financial institution stated on Tuesday (Dec 30).
The spectacular heist within the western metropolis of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia state, noticed thieves smash open greater than 3,000 secure deposit containers and make off with the loot.
Whereas the criminals remained at giant, tons of of distressed financial institution prospects massed exterior the department on Tuesday, demanding data.
In response to police, the robbers drilled their approach into the underground vault room of the Sparkasse financial savings financial institution from a parking storage.
The financial institution stated the department was “damaged into over the Christmas holidays” and that “greater than 95 per cent of the three,250 buyer secure deposit containers have been damaged into by unknown perpetrators”.
German companies have been closed for Christmas on Thursday and Friday final week, and investigators suspect the gang could have spent the vacations and weekend inside, breaking open the deposit containers.
The theft got here to gentle after a hearth alarm was triggered within the early hours of Monday, and emergency providers found the outlet.
Witnesses reported seeing a number of males carrying giant luggage within the stairwell of the parking storage in the course of the night time from Saturday to Sunday, police stated.
Footage from safety cameras confirmed a black Audi RS 6 leaving the parking storage early on Monday morning, with masked individuals inside.
The automotive’s licence plate had been stolen earlier within the metropolis of Hanover, police stated.
