L3thal Veteran Posted August 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 8, 2005 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Thieves tunneled into a bank in northeastern Brazil and stole $68 million, the biggest bank heist in the nation?s history, police said Monday.?It?s something you see in the movies. ... They dug a 200-meter (650-foot) tunnel that goes underneath two (city) blocks. They?ve been digging for three months,? police investigator Francisco Queiroga told Reuters by telephone. The thieves broke into a branch of the central bank in the northeastern state of Ceara over the weekend and removed 156 million reals ($68 million). The theft was not discovered until Monday morning because the bank was closed. ?The tunnel was dug right underneath the vault,? Queiroga said. ?We?ve never heard of so much money being stolen from a bank in Brazil.? Federal police in Ceara said it was the biggest known heist in Brazil and that between six and 10 people were suspected of doing the job. The theft exceeds the amount stolen by Britain?s ?Great Train Robber? Ronnie Biggs, who fled to Brazil and lived in the country for many years. He and 11 other gang members robbed a Glasgow-to-London mail train in 1963 and made off with 2.6 million pounds ? some 30 million pounds ($53 million) in today?s money. MSNBC - Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyehac Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Man, and I thought it was only in the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLR Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Man, and I thought it was only in the movies. 586346538[/snapback] Takes a well organised team to do that. They prolly have someone from the inside. They always do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illicit Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 WHOA! Now that is amazing! 586346577[/snapback] Yea, it sounds like something straight out of the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Allen Veteran Posted August 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 8, 2005 WHOA! Now that is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 8, 2005 :| Wow, now thats a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMo_BR Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I am brazilian, this is sad news.. but true. :( They not only dug the tunnel.. they also had to go through a 2 meter wide concrete+steel wall that stays under the safe for protection. And there was probably someone from the inside helping because no alarm was triggered and the cameras didn't record a thing! The bank in case is the brazilian "Central Bank", something like the US Federal Reserve I think. Part of the money was made of old/damaged ballots that the bank was going to burn and print new ones. So they probably have the serial numbers and will put the other banks in the country on alert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted August 8, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted August 8, 2005 What a heist these guys pulled. I seriously doubt they did it by themselves without help from an insider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Clever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viserov Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I want some of that money because I think it's a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 it was 75 million in bbc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 it was 75 million in bbc Either way, it's more than what we have now. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 that is awesome!! props to those guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amr_01 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 woah, that's some skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbandonedTrolley Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Video showing the tunnel here :ninja: :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesleyT Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Video showing the tunnel here :ninja: :ninja: 586354480[/snapback] impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerus Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Video showing the tunnel here :ninja: :ninja: 586354480[/snapback] Thanks. That is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted August 10, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted August 10, 2005 Wow, that video does show the magnitude of that tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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