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Thieves drill into German bank vault and make off with millions

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BERLIN, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Thieves used the quiet Christmas period to drill their way into the vault of a German retail bank and make off with at least 10 million euros’ worth of money and valuables from customers’ deposit boxes, police said on Tuesday. The perpetrators drilled through a thick concrete wall at a … Read more

Thieves use drill to steal €30m from savings bank

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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. A police spokesman likened the break-in to the Hollywood heist film Ocean’s Eleven, telling AFP news agency it was “very professionally executed”. … Read more