US EditionThieves Drill into German Bank Vault, Steal €30M
More than 3,000 safe-deposit boxes were forced open in a carefully planned heist, with losses estimated at €30 million, affecting around 2,700 customers, police said.
- Thieves drilled into a safe at Sparkasse savings bank in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and stole an estimated €30 million in cash and valuables, according to police.
- During the heist, more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes were broken open, containing money, gold, and jewellery.
- Gelsenkirchen Police responded to the crime after a fire alarm was triggered early Monday morning, leading to the discovery of the theft.
- A police spokesman compared the break-in to the heist film Ocean's Eleven, noting it was 'very professionally executed'.
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Bank robbers took advantage of the long Christmas weekend to break into a Sparkasse safe in Gelsenkirchen and looted a huge fortune. According to the first news, published on Tuesday, more than 3,200 safes were broken into in the savings bank's vault - more than ninety percent of all the safes there - and approximately 2,500 customers were damaged. According to the investigative authority, the perpetrators obtained approximately 30 million euros…
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A Millionaire Robbery in a German Bank Leaves Hundreds of Customers Restless About Their Possessions
“We want to get in! We want to get in!” shouted some 200 people Tuesday before a branch in the German city of Gelsenkirchen. They were customers of the Sparkasse, the savings bank, desperate for the millionaire theft that was discovered the day before and the lack of explanations about the fate of their belongings. Continue reading
A surprising robbery shook the city of Gelsenkirchen in western Germany this Monday, after a group of thieves accessed the vault of a...
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