Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Thieves tunnel underground and steal millions

What a heist!

What a series of heists!

Not only does a recent article out of Brazil mention the latest (“thieves who spent months tunneling from a rented house to an armored car company's safe made off with nearly $6 million over the weekend”) but refers to a few other brazen robberies in recent years.

For example:

2007 - thieves used dynamite to blow up a safe and steal nearly $10 million from the office of another money transport company in Sao Paulo

2005 - about 10 suspects tunneled under a city street and stole more than $70 million in cash from a central bank branch in the northeastern city of Fortaleza


[Click here for heist story related to photo]

2006 - more than $90 million was taken from a security warehouse in London (although no tunnel was mentioned)

I wonder if more bands of thieves will attempt tunneling in the future because digging is quiet, hidden from prying eyes and results in huge payoffs (if one doesn’t get caught)?

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Latest news: Six suspects have been arrested in connection to the latest heist in Brazil.

Was it worth the risk?

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2 comments:

Lost Motorcyclist said...

It might work in Brazil or England, but I don't think secret tunneling could work in Canada. Here you are supposed to check with the phone and gas companies before digging.

G. Harrison said...

Hah! Excellent response, Robert!

Cheers,

GAH