"Like Ocean 11": The robbers drilled through the parking lot and stole €35 million from the safes

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Thieves drill into German bank vault and steal millions from safety deposit boxes

"Like Ocean 11": The robbers drilled through the parking lot and stole €35 million from the safes
News agencies

30.12.2025 / 23:41

"A gang used the long Christmas holiday to perform a daring robbery during which they penetrated the room of the personal vaults and emptied them from jewelry and cash. The security cameras documented an Audi car coming out of the garage, angry customers gathered outside the branch. "We're shocked," the bank said.
Westphalia, included a break-in to more than 3,000 personal vaults from which the loot was stolen. While the offenders are still fleeing, hundreds of agitated customers of the bank gathered outside the branch on Tuesday, demanding information.

According to police, the robbers drilled their way into the underground vault of the savings bank that was deployed through a nearby parking lot. The bank said the branch had been “breaked during the Christmas holiday” and that “more than 95% of the 3,250 deposit boxes of customers were hacked by anonymous operations.”
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