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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:53 PM 8 hrs ago

Thieves use drill to steal €30m in German bank heist [View all]

Source: BBC

Thieves used a large drill to break into a safe at a high street bank branch in western Germany and steal an estimated €30m (£26m; $35m) in cash and valuables, police have said.
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During the heist at Sparkasse savings bank in the city of Gelsenkirchen, thieves broke open more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes containing money, gold and jewellery.
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Currently, no arrests have been made and the perpetrators remain at large.
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Initial investigations suggest they gained access to the bank, and escaped, via an adjacent parking garage.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4grzz60kp3o



As the police say, all very movie-like.

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