'Record' bank robbery in Brazil

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Updated: Monday, 8

August 2005, 21:17 GMT 22:17 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Record' bank robbery in Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tunnel was

four-metres (13ft) deep

 

 

 

Thieves

in Brazil have stolen up to $65m (£36m) after tunnelling

into a bank in what police say could be the country's biggest bank heist.

The thieves dug a 200m (656ft) tunnel into the bank from a

nearby house in the northern city of Fortaleza.

Neighbours said between six and 10 men worked at the house,

rented in the name of a company making artificial turf.

The theft happened over the weekend, but was not discovered

until Monday morning because the bank was closed.

Neighbours reported seeing vanloads of material being removed

each day.

" It's something you see in

the movies... They dug a tunnel that goes underneath two [city] blocks. They've been digging

for three months, " investigator Francisco Queiroga told the Reuters news

agency.

The Banco Central said the robbers opened five containers with

50 real ($22) bills.

The value of the stolen bank notes has not been determined.

However, police sources said the heist may have yielded as much as 150m reals,

which would make it the biggest bank robbery in Brazil's history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4133388.stm

 

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